Transatlantic Relations & Geopolitical Competition in Central Europe

Wednesday 21 May 2025, 09:00 → 14:30 Europe/Budapest

Földszint-Zrínyi terem/Ludovika Főépület (Ludovika Főépület)

08:30-09:00  Registration 

09:00-09:10  Welcome and keynote

Moderator: Gábor Csizmazia, Head of the Americas Research Program, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics 

09:00-09:10   Welcome – Pier Paolo Pigozzi, Vice-Rector for International Affairs, Ludovika University of Public Service

 

09:10-11:00  Key Challenges in Transatlantic Relations

Moderator: Balázs Tárnok, Director for Research, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics

09:10-09:40   Keynote – Michael C. Desch, Brian and Jeannelle Brady Family Director of the Notre Dame International Security Center, University of Notre Dame

09:40-11:00  Panel discussion

·         Michael C. Desch, Brian and Jeannelle Brady Family Director of the Notre Dame International Security Center, University of Notre Dame

·         Anna Molnár, Head of Department, International Security Studies, Faculty of Military Sciences and Officer Training, Ludovika University of Public Service

·         Viktor Eszterhai, Head of the China and the Indo-Pacific Research Program, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics

·         Christopher P. Ball, Professor of Economics, Director Central European Institute & Istvan Szechenyi Chair, Quinnipiac University 

11:00-11:30  Coffee break

11:30-13:20  Geopolitical Competition in Central Europe

           Moderator: Gábor Csizmazia, Head of the Americas Research Program, John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics

11:30-12:00   Keynote – Matthew Boyse, Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute

12:00-13:20  Panel discussion

·         Matthew Boyse, Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia, Hudson Institute

·         Liliana Śmiech, Director General for International Affairs, Ludovika University of Public Service

·         Krisztián Jójárt, Postdoctoral Research, Swedish Defence University

·         Viktor Buzna, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs 

13:20-14:30  Lunch and informal discussion