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Sándor Seremet

Sándor Seremet

Senior Research Fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs (HIIA) and Researcher at the Eurasia Center of János Neumann University.

Aug 14, 2026

21:49
Um, can you speak a bit more about how the threat perception towards Ukraine has changed with the change of the government? Was there a better, more friendly communication, less hostile messaging? Did it change anything, or the core, the core threats still are the same?
22:04
Well, the messaging changed because the confrontational rhetoric that, uh, that was used before on both sides, uh, is now decreased a lot.
22:17
Again, coming back to the, to the, to the perceptions and the historic elements.
22:21
Again, sorry for jumping back and forth, but I think this is, um, this is a important thing.
22:25
Um, Hungary has a long history of being dragged into situations to which Hungary didn't want it to be dragged in.
22:34
I'm talking about two world wars.
22:36
None of them ended up well for, for Hungary.

13 MINS LATER

35:33
But also, perhaps as an analyst who has spent so many years analyzing all sorts of security issues across Europe and Eurasia, what do you personally think should necessarily change compared to the previous security system, the post-Cold War security system, for a new system or a new security arrangement to be more effective?

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