Review article

Relationship of a Special Significance? A Chinese Direction in Hungary’s Foreign Policy under Viktor Orbán

Dariusz Kałan ; Polish Institute of International Affairs, Warsaw

Abstract

Hungary’s centre-right government has increasingly demonstrated a strong interest in strengthening both its political and economic ties with China. On the one hand, Budapest’s determination results from the country’s acute need to locate new sources of investment for its weakened economy. On the other, however, the movement east is strongly connected with the ruling party’s distant attitude to western organizations and its perception of the rising global importance of central Europe. This article shall outline how Hungary has been implementing its more active foreign policy towards China and the likelihood of success.

Keywords

Hungary; China; Viktor Orbán; economy; central Europe

Hrčak ID:

85068

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/85068

Publication date:

1.8.2012.

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