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11/16/22, 11:33 AM

The Leader as an Authority: On the Difference between Authoritarian and Authoritative Leadership

In the contemporary world, while reading newspaper comments or political analyses, we repeatedly encounter certain key concepts. These terms are consciously introduced with the express aim of setting the general tone of a given publication. Among the preferred notions proposed by prominent journalists of our time, two receive a particular attention: authoritarian and authoritative.
11/9/22, 3:43 PM

A Literary Look at Germany’s Political Parties

Words don’t come easy when trying to understand the ever more chaotic political landscape in Germany. Maybe it helps to compare some parties to works of literature.
11/9/22, 10:50 AM

The Death of Duty

Duty, that is the principle that a person holds certain obligations or responsibilities which cannot be voluntarily removed, has been one of the many principles forcefully ejected by the West in the 20th and 21st century.
11/6/22, 8:27 AM

Hungarian ancestry: a shared starting point

During and after World War II, and again after 1956, the Széchényi family had little option but to flee their homeland.
11/2/22, 10:25 AM

MCC GeoPod: New age for Sweden

In this episode of Geopod podcast, Hanga Horvath-Santha helps us understand the current social state of Sweden and tells us her experiences about living in the country.
10/18/22, 5:52 PM

MCC Votes & Seats Podcast: 2022 Early Parliamentary Election in Bulgaria

Due to the fall of Kiril Petkov’s four-party government, this October, Bulgarian citizens went to the polls for the fourth time since April 2021 to elect the members of the National Assembly. This time, the expert team hosted by Bálint L. Tóth (Center for Political Science, MCC) consisted of Neli Kirilova (ESDC & Corvinus University of Budapest) and Piotr Pietrzak (In Statu Nascendi).
10/15/22, 9:04 AM

MCC Votes & Seats Podcast: 2022 Bosnian General Election

This time, Bálint L. TÓTH from the MCC Center for Political Science hosted Jasmin Hasanović and Osman Sušić senior teaching assistants from the University of Sarajevo.
10/13/22, 7:40 PM

MCC GeoPod: The World in 2022 - discussion about the newly published book

On this episode of the MCC Geopolitical Podcast, the discussion revolves around the newly published book, the World in 2022.
10/12/22, 11:39 AM

MCC Votes & Seats Podcast: 2022 Italian Snap General Election

In this MCC Votes & Seats edition, Ms. Margherita Saltini, international relations and geopolitical expert from the foundation Nazione Futura helps us understand the circumstances and importance of the September 2022 Italian snap legislative election.
10/8/22, 9:08 AM

Russia: Orbán’s strategic shift

There is a widespread view that Hungary’s relations with Russia are so close that they represent a betrayal of the „West”, the EU and Nato.