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7/4/24, 9:46 PM

MCC Votes & Seats Podcast: A Republic in Crisis - The French Elections

The first round of the French elections delivered a powerful victory to Marine Le Pen and a humiliating defeat for French President Emmanual Macron.
7/2/24, 8:13 PM

What are universities for?

The continued existence of universities belies the fundamental changes that have occurred over the course of a millennia. The number of universities and students has increased exponentially and their purpose and cultural significance has been transformed.
12/8/22, 9:27 AM

MCC Votes & Seats Podcast: The 2022 Israeli Legislative Election

Israel held its fifth legislative election in four years on 1st November, 2022.
12/2/22, 8:50 AM

Trans totalitarianism: the most sordid face of gender nihilism

In the crowded woke galaxy there are plenty of delirious ideologies but none has a DNA as totalitarian as that of the "trans" collective.
12/2/22, 8:48 AM

MCC Podcast: Can Hungary be a Political Example for France?

In this talk with Eszter Soos, he discusses the European dimension of Hungarian politics with a specific focus on France.
12/2/22, 8:45 AM

MCC Votes & Seats Podcast: Danish early legislative election, 2022

Following the publication of the study on the killing of minks during the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was persuaded to announce a snap parliamentary election. Our guest analyst, Dr. Christian Egander Skov explains that the election campaign centered around issues of economic unpredictability as well as energy and defense security.
11/28/22, 9:11 AM

Macron’s new course ?

The European political landscape is undergoing a great upheaval.
11/24/22, 7:40 PM

A Scholar’s Ten Commandments

As a researcher, teacher, and writer, I always felt that scholarly life must be approached with a consciously chosen attitude.
11/24/22, 11:44 AM

Ocean Viking: Europe in the infernal spiral of its hypocrisies

The time has come to ask the question of repatriating to the national level certain competences in the field of migration, particularly concerning border control.
11/24/22, 11:31 AM

MCC GeoPod: What the Chinese think about Hungarians

On this episode, the discussion revolves around China, Hungary, and the European Union. Our guest, Dr. Song Lilei, who is a Professor at the School of Political Science and International Relations at Tongji University and visiting fellow at MCC, shares her views on China's perception of the European Union and vice versa.
11/21/22, 9:39 AM

MCC GeoPod: "There were riots in America just when things were getting better"

This episode of the MCC GeoPod covers a gripping discussion about the Unites States’ foreign policy strategy with Dr. Mark Milosch who worked for a long time in foreign affairs for the U.S. Congress.
11/20/22, 10:19 AM

Turkey’s plans to fight climate change as it marks the anniversary of ratifying the Paris Agreement

Nearly 5 years after the Turkish parliament signed The Paris Agreement, the treaty was ratified on the 6th of October 2021, according to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Now the country is ready to declare its goals to take part in the international collaboration against climate change.
11/18/22, 10:05 AM

Thunbergism: Could Greta’s communist moment spell the beginning of the end?

The Swedish climate activist is transforming from a walking exclamation mark into an icon of the anti-capitalist Left. But by doing so, she risks losing her appeal to the moderate majority.
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.

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