Pragmatic foreign policy of Hungary in the shadow of the Russian-Ukrainian war

Andrea Schmidt () and Viktor Glied ()
Additional contact information
Andrea Schmidt: University of Pécs, Hungary
Viktor Glied: University of Pécs, Hungary

Eastern Journal of European Studies, 2024, vol. 15(SI), 247-267

Abstract: The steps of the foreign policy of the Hungarian government are considered a series of interest-driven, super-pragmatic decisions that consist of ideology-based considerations, but mainly serve pure political and economic interests to broaden the room for international manoeuvres. This study explains the driving forces of pragmatic Hungarian foreign policy thinking, especially how this idea shifted in the light of the Russian-Ukrainian war as the most overwhelming crisis for Europe. The consistent behaviour of Hungarian diplomacy and mutual distrust increased the tension between Hungary and its allies, the EU, and NATO. The analysis used the elements of critical discourse analysis to introduce and help understand the foreign policy strategy of Hungary.

Keywords: pragmatism; Hungary; foreign policy; Russian-Ukrainian war (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ejes.uaic.ro/articles/EJES2024_15SI_SCH.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:jes:journl:y:2024:v:15:p:247-267

DOI: 10.47743/ejes-2024-SI12

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Eastern Journal of European Studies from Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Alupului Ciprian ().