Posted on 01/07/2023 7:50:53 AM PST by Right Wing Vegan
The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, believes that due to the crisis of the Western-centric order, which was allegedly accentuated by Russia’s war against Ukraine, the West has started a new “cold war”, in which Budapest should stand aside, maintain relations with Western competitors and claim the role of a regional leader.
As European Truth reports, Orban said this in a speech at the Christmas dinner of the Cella Kalman Foundation (Hungarian politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries), the thesis of which was presented by his political adviser Baláš Orbán in an article for the Mandiner publication.
“Currently, it is clear that the biggest strategic challenge facing Hungary in the next decade is leaving the group of middle-income countries and catching up with developed countries, as well as achieving the status of a regional middle power in Central Europe,” the article says.
According to the Hungarian Prime Minister, the neo-liberal model of globalization is becoming a thing of the past, and as a result, the United States has new rivals – partly because the liberal model has allowed such powers as China to become stronger.
Among the events that lead to the crisis of the neoliberal order, Orbán cites the migration crisis, Brexit, the victory of Donald Trump in the US presidential elections, and the coronavirus pandemic.
The new world order, in Orbán’s view, can be represented as a system of hierarchical networks in which all economic, political, and cultural interactions pass through the leading states of the formed blocs. And this, he believes, is especially bad for Hungary, which has a negative historical experience of existence in the bloc confrontation.
“Therefore, the initial step of the Hungarian strategy of catch-up development is the development of a country-specific logic of globalization to overcome the negative consequences,” Orbán says, believing that such a strategy should be mediation between the West and the East and non-participation in a new “cold war”.
In practice, this means that Budapest (within the system of hierarchical networks) must be on good terms with the states that are competitors of the West, dominated by the USA – because this way, the marginalization of the country can be avoided.
As you know, since the beginning of the full-scale Russian aggression against Ukraine, Hungary has continued to maintain close ties with Russia and openly called for the review and relaxation of the European Union’s sanctions against it, as well as developing relations with China and Iran, which the United States considers being part of the “axis of evil.”
as well as developing relations with China and Iran,
Lost me right there
> developing relations with China and Iran <
That is distasteful. But quite sensibility, Orbán puts Hungary first. And I’m sure he has watched what has happened to small countries that put all their trust in the United States.
He need to consider what has happened and is happening to small countries who trust Russia and China. Tibet and Georgia come to mind.
Hungary is a small state. NATO is its enemy therefore the adversaries of the US-NATO bloc are its logical associates. So many people on this site do not think, they just emote and their they buy a simple minded good/bad comic book version of international affairs. Besides the obvious K Street stooges and Ukrainian agents that are allowed to operate here there are numerous posters who whose love and desire for the ‘good war’ narrative is their substitute for critical thinking on foreign affairs.
A patriot to his country.
How simpleminded you are.
Good point. It’s a balancing act. Move too far one way or the other, and down you go.
Things sure were easier for Orbán when Trump was president. There was a steady and dependable hand at the tiller. Now with Biden, any crazy old thing is possible.
Thank you I appreciate your insight. I’m really not up to speed on the subject. Not being facetious. Thanks.
Boy howdy!
I think the US-instigated Russian invasion of Ukraine is hopefully the end of the Bush-Clinton New World Order.
Thanks, short version is the adversaries of your opponents are potential partners for the present. The ‘good war’ jingos are another matter. They crave the emotional high of feeling virtuous cheering on their countrymen to fight some sort of media created bogeyman.
> Hungary is a small state. NATO is its enemy... <
Did you mean the EU? I don’t see where NATO is the enemy of Hungary. On the other hand, the EU is certainly the enemy of Hungary. Yes, the two institutions are closely related. But they are not the same.
Not just the best interests of GloboHomoNazi.
How did Trump’s election cause this
He’s nuts
Oh. Ok
Of course Russia being a larger threat to Hungary than NATO ever would be doesn’t seem to cross your mind
He's absolutely right - Trump's election drove the Deep State insane and they revealed how dangerous they are to Hungary and other independent nations. He's not claiming Trump himself caused the problem.
Wouldn't make sense Orbán would cite Trump as "leading to" the crisis of the neoliberal order. If he "cited" Trump's election it could have been simply in relation but not as a cause. Unless the causal relation is in terms of causing liberals to up their game. Wonder if Orbán's exact quote is somewhere.
Mr. Jeeves got it already as I was typing, and probably stated better.
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