On April 17, 2026, Foreign Policy Research Institute published at its web-site an article by Robert Beck. The author analyses the consequences of Orban’s defeat and victory of the Hungarian Tisza party in this month’s election in the country. He believes that it is not only the foreign policy of Budapest that is at stake.

An ECFR publication of 16 April 2026 authored by Jeremy Cliffe, the organization’s editorial director, deals with how Brussels should shape its relations with Budapest now that Viktor Orbán is on his way out.

When crisis strikes, we divide, and division breeds inaction. This is the general understanding about Europe’s role in the world. But a look at events in the Middle East suggests that this is not always the case. Europe is more paralyzed than divided over the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran. 

On April 8 2026, the Breugel Institute (Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory) web-site published a policy brief Risks for Europe of US dominance of global asset management on the risks of growing influence of US asset management companies in the EU.

On April 7, 2026, the Centre for European Reform published at its web-site an article dedicated to the 1 year anniversary of the EU goods duties imposed by Donald Trump.

Hungary may become the first member State of a new European union: a Europe of free States is coming to replace the Europe of supranational institutions.

You can’t quarrel with Russia and the USA at once and cherish a hope for some mythical ‘cavalry from behind the hill’ that will come and help. It is not cavalry that will come but people accustomed to surviving in deserts and wastelands – into which Europe will inevitably turn without an industry and agriculture of its own. For the sake of its own survival.

Hungary enters the spring of 2026 in a state of mounting socio-economic uncertainty as parliamentary elections loom on 12 April. For the first time in sixteen years, Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz government face a serious political challenge from the Tisza party led by Péter Magyar.

On 12 March, an article entitled The Iran War: A Test Case for Germany’s Credibility by David Jalilvand and Stefan Meister, working for the German Council on Foreign Relations, was posted on the website of the Internationale Politik Quarterly journal. It discusses Germany’s issues and opportunities in connection with the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran.

On 11 March, an article by senior research fellow Nadia Schadlow, entitled The limits of global governance, was posted on the website of the Hudson Institute. The article deals with the State’s changing role amid the new reality in international relations.

On March 5, 2026, BRUEGEL (Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory), a think tank, published on their web site a policy brief The case for a European Union digital enforcement authority making a case for setting up an additional digital rights agency in the EU.

Europe should support Spain in its fight against the threats from the US, otherwise it will get worse for all.

On 3 March, a report entitled From Economic Giant to Geopolitical Powerhouse? A roadmap towards enhancing the EU’s global clout was posted on the website of the ‘Clingendael’ Netherlands Institute of International Relations.