Future-Proofing Hungary Amid European Winds of War
Viktor Orbán is the Prime Minister of Hungary. You may follow him on X @PM_ViktorOrban. This essay is an edited transcript of the speech that the Prime Minister delivered at the 34th Bálványos Summer Free University and Student Camp in late July 2025.
Europe’s Choice in the Face of Global Reckoning
Jacques Attali is a renowned French economist, social theorist, and writer. He was a Special Adviser to the French President François Mitterrand and the founder and first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He is founder and Chairman of Positive Planet, an international non-profit organization assisting microfinance institutions all over the world, and CEO of Attali Associates, an international consulting firm. You may follow him on X @jattali.
Shaping the Future of European Competitiveness
Børge Brende is President and CEO of the World Economic Forum, having formerly served as Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Environment, and Trade and Industry. You may follow him on X @borgebrende.
Crossroads Ahead
Jürgen Hardt is Foreign Policy Spokesperson of the CDU-CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag, having formerly served as the German Government’s Co-Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation.
The War in Ukraine Dictates the EU’s Way Forward
Konstantinos A. Karamanlis is a former Prime Minister of Greece.
The Future of Europe
Lord Kim Darroch is a former British diplomat, having served as the UK’s National Security Advisor, Ambassador to the United States, and Permanent Representative to the European Union.
The Continent at a Crossroads: Why Türkiye’s Role is Pivotal
Egemen Bağış, PhD, is a Turkish diplomat, having formerly served as Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator of the Republic of Türkiye in accession talks with the EU. You may follow him on X @EgemenBagis.
Fate No Longer Smiles on Europeans
Slavoj Žižek is a philosopher, social theorist, university professor, and public intellectual. He holds a number of academic positions, including that of the International Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at the University of London, a philosophy professor at the European Graduate School, Global Distinguished Professor of German at New York University, and a senior researcher at the Institute for Sociology and Philosophy at the University of Ljubljana. This essay draws heavily on earlier versions of two articles the author published for The Kyiv Independent and his Substack page, respectively. These were combined, edited, and republished with the author’s permission.
Europe After Ukraine
Eric Alter, a former United Nations civil servant and adjunct Professor at the Paris School of International Affairs at Sciences Po, is Dean and Professor of International Law and Diplomacy at the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy in Abu Dhabi.
Bottom-up Resilience: What Germany Can Learn from the Baltic States
Nora Müller heads the International Affairs Department of the Körber-Stiftung.
Almut Möller is Director for European and Global Affairs at the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels. The original version of this essay was written in German and is scheduled to be published in Internationale Politik.