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Danube Institute
The Danube Institute is a conservative think tank and humanistic study center founded in 2013 and based in Budapest, Hungary. The institute is financed through the Batthyány Foundation (BLA) and receives Hungarian state funding. According to its mission statement, the Danube Institute is dedicated to “a respectful conservatism in cultural, religious, and social life, the broad classical liberal tradition in economics, and a realistic Atlanticism in national security policy.” The institute's president is John O'Sullivan. Central European politicians associated with the Danube Institute include János Martonyi and Ryszard Legutko. Fellows as of 2023 include religious movements researcher Jeffrey Kaplan, political philosopher Ofir Haivry, conservative author Rod Dreher, historian of Christian political thoughDavid Dusenbury and sociologisEric Hendriks-Kim Research director is political scientisDavid Martin Jones In 2019, a video of remarks made by Tim Montgomerie at a meeting h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Think Tank
A think tank, or policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-governmental organizations, but some are semi-autonomous agencies within government or are associated with particular political parties, businesses or the military. Think-tank funding often includes a combination of donations from very wealthy people and those not so wealthy, with many also accepting government grants. Think tanks publish articles and studies, and even draft legislation on particular matters of policy or society. This information is then used by governments, businesses, media organizations, social movements or other interest groups. Think tanks range from those associated with highly academic or scholarly activities to those that are overtly ideological and pushing for particular policies, with a wide range among them in terms of the qual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a city and county, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,303,786; it is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century, but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241–42. Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. The Battle of Mohács, in 1526, was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John O'Sullivan (columnist)
John O'Sullivan, CBE (born 25 April 1942) is a British conservative political commentator and journalist. From 1987 to 1988, he was a senior policy writer and speechwriter in 10 Downing Street for Margaret Thatcher when she was British prime minister and remained close to her up to her death. O'Sullivan served from 2008–2012 as vice-president and executive editor of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He was editor of the Australian monthly magazine '' Quadrant'' from 2015 to 2017. Since 2017, he has been president of the Danube Institute, a Fidesz government-financed think tank based in Budapest, Hungary, and also a member of the board of advisors for the , an NGO that works behind the scenes in crisis areas around the world. A former editor of ''National Review'' in the years 1988-1997, O'Sullivan has been an editor-at-large there since then. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
János Martonyi
János Martonyi GCMG (born in Kolozsvár, Hungary (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania), 5 April 1944) is a Hungarian politician, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 2002 and from 2010 to 2014. He is a member of the Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union party. He was part of the Amato Group that unofficially drafted a new treaty for the European Union after the European Constitution was rejected by the French and Dutch voters. He was a member of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) which he entered in 1988, which later he declared as a personal mistake. On 29 May 2010 he was reappointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs. His most prominent tasks were the development of a strong and effective foreign policy, and planning for Hungarian Presidency of the European Union from January to July 2011. He visited Slovakia before his inauguration on the occasion of the passing of the Hungarian law allowing citizenship to be given to Hungarians living in neighboring countri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryszard Legutko
Ryszard Antoni Legutko (), (born 24 December 1949), is a Polish philosopher and politician, and professor of philosophy at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, specializing in ancient philosophy and political theory. Biography Under communism he was one of the editors of the samizdat quarterly "Arka". After the collapse of the communist regime he co-founded the Centre for Political Thought, which combines research, teaching, seminars and conferences and is also a publishing house. He has translated and written commentaries to Plato's ''Phaedo'' (1995), ''Euthyphro'' (1998) and ''Apology'' (2003). He is the author of several books: ''Plato’s Critique of Democracy'' (1990), ''Toleration'' (1997), ''A Treatise on Liberty'' (2007) and ''An Essay on the Polish Soul'' (2008), ''Socrates'' (2013). In 2005 he was elected to a seat in the Polish Senate (representing the Law and Justice Party), where he became Deputy Speaker. In 2007 he was Poland's Education Minister, and in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fellow
A fellow is a concept whose exact meaning depends on context. In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements. Within the context of higher educational institutions, a fellow can be a member of a highly ranked group of teachers at a particular college or university or a member of the governing body in some universities (such as the Fellows of Harvard College); it can also be a specially selected postgraduate student who has been appointed to a post (called a fellowship) granting a stipend, research facilities and other privileges for a fixed period (usually one year or more) in order to undertake some advanced study or research, often in return for teaching services. In the context of research and development-intensive large companies or corporations, the title "fellow" is sometimes given to a small number of senior scientists and engineers. In the context of medical education in No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Kaplan (academic)
Jeffrey Kaplan (born 1954) is an American academic who has written and edited a number of books on racism, religious violence, terrorism and the far right. He is an associate professor of religion at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh and a member of the board of academic advisors of the university's Institute for the Study of Religion, Violence and Memory. Kaplan sits on the editorial boards of the journals ''Terrorism and Political Violence'', ''Nova Religio'' and ''The Pomegranate''. Education Kaplan earned an M.A. in Linguistics from Colorado State University in 1981; a M.A. in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1989; and earned a Ph.D. in the Cultural history, history of culture from the University of Chicago in 1993, with a thesis titled ''Revolutionary Millenarianism in the Modern World: From Christian Identity to Gush Emunim''. Career Kaplan was an associate professor of history at Iḷisaġvik College in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Kapla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ofir Haivry
Ofir Haivry (; born 1964) is an Israeli political philosopher and historian. He is currently Vice President at The Herzl Institute - Machon Herzl in Jerusalem. He was one of the founders of The Shalem Center, one of the founders of Shalem College, and founding editor-in-chief of the journal ''Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation''. Early life and education Haivry holds a BA and MA in history from Tel Aviv University, and a PhD in intellectual history from University College London. In 2007 he was awarded the Annual Fellowship co-sponsored by the Folger Institute and the American Society of Eighteenth Century Studies (ASECS). Haivry served as Foreign News editor, Haolam Hazeh newsweekly, Israel, in 1990-1993. Career Haivry was one of the founders of the Shalem Center in Jerusalem in 1994, and of Shalem College in 2009. He was the founding editor-in-chief of the journal ''Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation''. Haivry's first book, ''John Selden and the Western Political Traditi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rod Dreher
Raymond Oliver Dreher Jr. (born February 14, 1967), known as Rod Dreher, is an American writer and editor living in Budapest, Hungary. He is a senior editor and blogger at ''The American Conservative'' and author of several books, including ''How Dante Can Save Your Life'', ''The Benedict Option'', and ''Live Not by Lies''. He has written about religion, politics, film, and culture in ''National Review'' and ''National Review Online'', ''The Weekly Standard'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', '' Touchstone'', ''Men's Health'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', and other publications. He was a film reviewer for the ''South Florida Sun-Sentinel'' and chief film critic for the ''New York Post''. His commentaries have been broadcast on National Public Radio's ''All Things Considered'', and he has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Court TV, and other television networks. Early life and education Dreher was born on February 14, 1967, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was named after his father, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Montgomerie
Timothy Montgomerie (born 24 July 1970) is a British political activist, blogger, and columnist. He is best known as the co-founder of the Centre for Social Justice and as creator of the ConservativeHome website, which he edited from 2005 until 2013, when he left to join ''The Times''. He was formerly the newspaper's comment editor, but resigned in March 2014. On 17 February 2016, Montgomerie resigned his membership of the Conservative Party, citing the leadership's stance on Europe, which was then supportive of EU membership. In 2019, he was briefly a special adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, advising on social justice issues. Montgomerie has been described as "one of the most important Conservative activists of the past 20 years", and in February 2012, ''The Observer'' said that "In the eyes of most MPs, Montgomerie sone of the most influential Tories outside the cabinet." Early life Montgomerie was born into an army family in Barnstaple in 1970. He said in a ''Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Hungary
The Government of Hungary ( hu, Magyarország Kormánya) exercises executive (government), executive power in Hungary. It is led by the Prime Minister of Hungary, Prime Minister, and is composed of various ministers. It is the principal organ of public administration. The Prime Minister (''miniszterelnök'') is elected by the National Assembly (Hungary), National Assembly and serves as the head of government and exercises Executive (government), executive power. The Prime Minister is the leader of the party with the most seats in parliament. The Prime Minister selects Cabinet ministers and has the exclusive right to dismiss them. Cabinet nominees must appear before consultative open hearings before one or more parliamentary committees, survive a vote in the National Assembly, and be formally approved by the President. The cabinet is responsible to the parliament. Since the fall of communism, Hungary has a multi-party system. A Hungarian parliamentary election, 2018, new Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Abbott
Anthony John Abbott (; born 4 November 1957) is a former Australian politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Abbott was born in London, England, to an Australian mother and a British father, and moved to Sydney at the age of two. He studied economics and law at the University of Sydney, and then attended The Queen's College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar, studying Philosophy, Politics and Economics. After graduating from Oxford, Abbott briefly trained as a Roman Catholic seminarian, and later worked as a journalist, manager, and political adviser. In 1992, he was appointed director of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy, a position he held until his election to parliament as a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Warringah at the 1994 Warringah by-election, before the election of the Howard government in 1996. Following the 1998 Australian federal election, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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