Danube Institute Podcast

We asked Lee J. Strang, a legal scholar and Executive Director at the Salmon P. Chase Center for Civics, Culture, and Society at The Ohio State University, about whether the Declaration of Independence, the "birth certificate" of the United States, was legally and lawfully adopted under the British laws of the time. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budape...

In March of this year, The Danube Institute hosted a panel in London on the life and legacy of Enoch Powell.  Powell was a poet, and a classicist, and a brigadier, and a monetarist.  It is of course for his thoughts on immigration that he has fallen into the pages of history.  We wanted to think about Powell in the round — this most impressive of men, the youngest this and the youngest that, who f...

We asked Pierre-Hugues Barré, a French lawyer and academic, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Danube Institute, about the origins, significance, and paradoxes of the French constitutional principle of secularism, as well as the historical struggle between the church and the state in France. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank that ask...

We asked Rock Missamou, a water management expert at the Department of Water and Environmental Policy and UNESCO Chair at the University of Public Service, Budapest, about African water shortages and their economic, political, and demographic impacts, as well as the Hungarian drought situation. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank...

We asked Marek Magierowski, a Polish journalist and diplomat, former Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and former Polish ambassador to Israel and the US, about Donald Tusk's "militant democracy," the similarities and parallels between the Polish and Hungarian government changes, and about how Poles view the EU's common values and common policies. The Dan...

The past decade has been a blur.  Trucks in Nice. Gay pride parades in Oslo. Westminster Bridge. London Bridge. Manchester Arena. The Bataclan.  Wherever people have congregated, the forces of Islamic terror have massed to mow them down.  To read Simon Cottee’s new paper for the Danube Institute is to be taken back on a bloody and terrible tour of recent European history. To so many flower-saturat...

We asked Eduard Habsburg-Lothringen, an author, former Hungarian ambassador to the Holy See, and a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, about the turbulent history and the heritage of the Habsburgs, the former ruling family of Austria-Hungary, as well as about the EU, the institution of family, and Christianity. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based...

We asked Géza Jeszenszky, former Foreign Minister of Hungary and former Ambassador to the United States of America, about the past, present, and future of Hungarian-American relations, their ups and downs, and their turbulent and conflicting nature. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank that asks its guests – decision-makers, exper...

We asked Mohammed Ibrahim Al Dhaheri, Deputy Director-General of the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy and Advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the UAE, about the United Arab Emirates' initial visions and subsequent strategies for becoming a leading regional power and its relationships with OPEC, the Abraham Accords, and its geopolitical allies. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast o...

For forty years, two countries have tested each other’s resolve over a mountainous black garden.  The region in question, Nagorno-Karabakh, literally means "mountainous black garden".  It is a rugged enclave that, under Soviet administration, was an autonomous oblast inside the Azerbaijan SSR, while being majority Armenian by population.  This was standard Soviet practice in its day. In...

We asked Raymond Ibrahim, a Middle East expert, scholar, historian, and Visiting Fellow at the Danube Institute, about the true nature of Islam, the chances of coexistence between Muslims and inclusive Western societies, and the differences between the main teachings of Islam and Christianity. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank...

All things must pass.  Five years ago, Rod Dreher turned up at the Danube Institute as a fresh-faced pup of 54. He was here to build a new life. Resetting after a traumatic divorce was the push factor. The pull was his burgeoning interest in what you might call the Orbán model.  A new kind of National Conservatism. Strong on borders; but strong also on the family — an integration of social conserv...

We asked Vasif Huseynov, head of the Western Studies Department at the Center for Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center) in Baku, Azerbaijan, about the possible scenarios for ending the Ukrainian war, the power games in the Caucasus, and Azerbaijan's geopolitical priorities. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank that...

We all know what we mean by the Western Canon.  Or do we?  The Canon comes from nowhere and everywhere. A smelted down best-of-the best of the things our culture has truly loved.  But at its borderlands, there are constant wars for what should be included.  Culture always evolves. We see the same Roman poets quite differently to how the Victorians did.  At its core, things like Shakespeare sit fir...

We spoke to Edward N. Luttwak, Contractual Strategic Advisor to the U.S. Department of Defense, and former advisor to many American presidents, about Ukraine's chances of winning the war, China's readiness to change the status quo, and the turbulence in the Middle East. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank that asks its gu...

We spoke to Scott Yenor, Director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation, about feminism, gender roles and patterns, the negative and positive effects on gender and cultural identity, and the institution of the family. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank that asks its guests – decision-make...

Anne Elisabeth Moutet is a storied French correspondent and British one. She worked for France Soir, was a Paris reporter for the London Sunday Times, then head of the Telegraph’s Paris bureau.  For decades, she has explained France to Britain, and occasionally Britain to France. Anglo-Gallic bi-cultural through her heritage, she has been a frequent visitor to the Danube Institute down the years....

We spoke to Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, former President of Croatia, about the experiences of Croatia's EU membership, the future of Europe, and the lessons learned from the migration crisis. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank that asks its guests – decision-makers, experts, academics, and politicians – about their unique idea...

A New Show From The Danube Institute: Who's In, Who's Out? We all know what we mean by the Western Canon.  Or do we?  The Canon comes from nowhere and everywhere. A smelted down best-of-the best of the things our culture has truly loved.  But at its borderlands, there are constant wars for what should be included.  Culture always evolves. We see the same Roman poets quite differently to ho...

We spoke to Tony Abbott, former Prime Minister of Australia and Senior Visiting Fellow at the Danube Institute, about the stakes in the Hungarian elections, the threats of the fast-changing world order, and the role of conservatism. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank that asks its guests – decision-makers, experts, academics, an...

We spoke to Barbara Kolm, Director of the Austrian Economic Center and President of the Hayek Institute, about the current structural problems and future prospects of the European economy. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank that asks its guests – decision-makers, experts, academics, and politicians – about their unique ideas. Ho...

We asked Or Yissachar, an Israeli national security and Middle East researcher, a Senior Fellow at David Institute for Security Policy, about Israel's war strategy and ultimate war goals, and the possible end of the Iran-Israel conflict's open war phase. The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank that asks its guests – decision-...

China and the West have known each other for longer than we commonly admit. And for most of that time, a small cognoscenti has expressed mutual admiration. From Confucians interested in Hegel, to Marxists interested in Laozi. Danube Fellows Philip Pilkington and David Lloyd Dusenbury discuss their recent lectures, seminars, and a second essay they have recently co-authored, entitled: “Hegel, Marx...

We asked Thomas Fazi, a writer and journalist at UnHerd, about the EU's propaganda and censorship to keep people "free". The Danube Lectures is a video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based conservative think tank that asks its guests – decision-makers, experts, academics, and politicians – about their unique ideas. Host: Tamás Maráczi, a journalist at the Danube Institut...

Subsidiarity is meant to hold the peace between 27 often fractious nation-states. It’s the basis of EU Law. The principle that decisions are always taken at the lowest level of authority, - only matters which concern all, are governed by all. The sense that Brussels does the Brussels things, and stays out of domestic politics. That what happens with Irish tax law, Swedish social benefits, or Hunga...