Daniel Hegedus
@danielhegedus.bsky.social
International Relations & Democracy. Thinker & Doer.
Regional Director for Central Europe at @gmfus.bsky.social.
Views are personal. Metal & Bluegrass fan.
Regional Director for Central Europe at @gmfus.bsky.social.
Views are personal. Metal & Bluegrass fan.
THREAD 1/6
Obviously, much of this is speculation, but I think #Orbán’s trip to #Moscow today — and his talks with Vladimir #Putin — should be seen primarily through the lens of yesterday’s Orbán–Vučić meeting, not last week’s peace-negotiation rollercoaster.
@politico.eu
Obviously, much of this is speculation, but I think #Orbán’s trip to #Moscow today — and his talks with Vladimir #Putin — should be seen primarily through the lens of yesterday’s Orbán–Vučić meeting, not last week’s peace-negotiation rollercoaster.
@politico.eu
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
THREAD 1/6
Obviously, much of this is speculation, but I think #Orbán’s trip to #Moscow today — and his talks with Vladimir #Putin — should be seen primarily through the lens of yesterday’s Orbán–Vučić meeting, not last week’s peace-negotiation rollercoaster.
@politico.eu
Obviously, much of this is speculation, but I think #Orbán’s trip to #Moscow today — and his talks with Vladimir #Putin — should be seen primarily through the lens of yesterday’s Orbán–Vučić meeting, not last week’s peace-negotiation rollercoaster.
@politico.eu
By tomorrow, @rferl.org.web.brid.gy will cease its 🇭🇺 operations. After returning in 2020 amid Hungary’s deepening autocratization, it is now withdrawing again — another move by the Trump administration shoring up Orbán at a moment of rising domestic pressure, a clear sign of illiberal solidarity.
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
By tomorrow, @rferl.org.web.brid.gy will cease its 🇭🇺 operations. After returning in 2020 amid Hungary’s deepening autocratization, it is now withdrawing again — another move by the Trump administration shoring up Orbán at a moment of rising domestic pressure, a clear sign of illiberal solidarity.
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The balance of the #Trump-#Orbán meeting is more nuanced than the hype around securing sanction exemptions for #Hungary’s oil imports from #Russia.
Check out my piece written for @euobserver.com, summarized in the THREAD below.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
The balance of the #Trump-#Orbán meeting is more nuanced than the hype around securing sanction exemptions for #Hungary’s oil imports from #Russia.
Check out my piece written for @euobserver.com, summarized in the THREAD below.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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The balance of the #Trump-#Orbán meeting is more nuanced than the hype around securing sanction exemptions for #Hungary’s oil imports from #Russia.
Check out my piece written for @euobserver.com, summarized in the THREAD below.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
The balance of the #Trump-#Orbán meeting is more nuanced than the hype around securing sanction exemptions for #Hungary’s oil imports from #Russia.
Check out my piece written for @euobserver.com, summarized in the THREAD below.
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
I had the pleasure yesterday of discussing with @tvpworld.bsky.social the collapse of the Budapest “Peace Summit,” the latest EUCO developments, and Hungarian domestic politics, with a focus on the mobilization contest around the October 23 national holiday.
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9s...
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9s...
October 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I had the pleasure yesterday of discussing with @tvpworld.bsky.social the collapse of the Budapest “Peace Summit,” the latest EUCO developments, and Hungarian domestic politics, with a focus on the mobilization contest around the October 23 national holiday.
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9s...
👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF9s...
It was a real honor and privilege to speak about anti-NGO laws in the European Union at Forum 2000, alongside great colleagues and with @kenlcg.bsky.social as our excellent moderator.
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@gmfus.bsky.social @engagingce.bsky.social
@authlibeu.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social
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@gmfus.bsky.social @engagingce.bsky.social
@authlibeu.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It was a real honor and privilege to speak about anti-NGO laws in the European Union at Forum 2000, alongside great colleagues and with @kenlcg.bsky.social as our excellent moderator.
THREAD 1/4
@gmfus.bsky.social @engagingce.bsky.social
@authlibeu.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social
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@gmfus.bsky.social @engagingce.bsky.social
@authlibeu.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social
I had the pleasure to discuss the alleged case of Hungarian espionage against the European Commission with TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social.
Find the link and my main points in THREAD.
Find the link and my main points in THREAD.
October 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I had the pleasure to discuss the alleged case of Hungarian espionage against the European Commission with TVP World @tvpworld.bsky.social.
Find the link and my main points in THREAD.
Find the link and my main points in THREAD.
We had an extremely informative and in-depth election readout with Andrea Michalcová, @petraguasti.bsky.social & Vít Dostál about the domestic and EU & foreign policy implications of the 🇨🇿 elections.
Key takeaway & video in THREAD
@gmfus.bsky.social
@authlibeu.bsky.social
@engagingce.bsky.social
Key takeaway & video in THREAD
@gmfus.bsky.social
@authlibeu.bsky.social
@engagingce.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
We had an extremely informative and in-depth election readout with Andrea Michalcová, @petraguasti.bsky.social & Vít Dostál about the domestic and EU & foreign policy implications of the 🇨🇿 elections.
Key takeaway & video in THREAD
@gmfus.bsky.social
@authlibeu.bsky.social
@engagingce.bsky.social
Key takeaway & video in THREAD
@gmfus.bsky.social
@authlibeu.bsky.social
@engagingce.bsky.social
It was not only a great pleasure but also a lot of fun to discuss with @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social and Dorjana Bojanovska Popovska how #illiberal #Transatlantic ties are reshaping Western democracy, and not for the better.
🎧 revdem.ceu.edu/2025/04/16/i...
@revdem2020.bsky.social
🎧 revdem.ceu.edu/2025/04/16/i...
@revdem2020.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It was not only a great pleasure but also a lot of fun to discuss with @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social and Dorjana Bojanovska Popovska how #illiberal #Transatlantic ties are reshaping Western democracy, and not for the better.
🎧 revdem.ceu.edu/2025/04/16/i...
@revdem2020.bsky.social
🎧 revdem.ceu.edu/2025/04/16/i...
@revdem2020.bsky.social
Brilliant piece by @mcfaulmike.bsky.social & Evan Medeiros explaining why a “Reverse Kissinger” strategy—trying to drive a wedge between China and Russia—is misguided and rooted in wishful thinking.
Highly recommended reading 👇
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/china-...
Highly recommended reading 👇
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/china-...
April 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Brilliant piece by @mcfaulmike.bsky.social & Evan Medeiros explaining why a “Reverse Kissinger” strategy—trying to drive a wedge between China and Russia—is misguided and rooted in wishful thinking.
Highly recommended reading 👇
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/china-...
Highly recommended reading 👇
www.foreignaffairs.com/china/china-...
Amid growing U.S. assertiveness toward allies—especially in the #Arctic—and its waning commitment to European security, reconsidering the EU’s #NorthernEnlargement has become a strategic imperative.
My piece for @euobserver.com
@martakos.ec.europa.eu
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
My piece for @euobserver.com
@martakos.ec.europa.eu
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
March 27, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Amid growing U.S. assertiveness toward allies—especially in the #Arctic—and its waning commitment to European security, reconsidering the EU’s #NorthernEnlargement has become a strategic imperative.
My piece for @euobserver.com
@martakos.ec.europa.eu
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
My piece for @euobserver.com
@martakos.ec.europa.eu
euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...
I’m deeply honored to join @ceudeminst.bsky.social as a research affiliate and to work alongside such fantastic colleagues on the topics of shrinking space for civil society, the intersection of autocratization and foreign policy, and the politics of rule of law protection in the EU.
March 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I’m deeply honored to join @ceudeminst.bsky.social as a research affiliate and to work alongside such fantastic colleagues on the topics of shrinking space for civil society, the intersection of autocratization and foreign policy, and the politics of rule of law protection in the EU.
Sharp piece by @ivodaalder.bsky.social & James Lindsay on the flawed strategic calculus behind Trump's power fetish driven U.S. foreign policy turn.
Very much worth reading
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Very much worth reading
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
February 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Sharp piece by @ivodaalder.bsky.social & James Lindsay on the flawed strategic calculus behind Trump's power fetish driven U.S. foreign policy turn.
Very much worth reading
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Very much worth reading
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Actually, it’s beautiful to see this finally coming true.
Source: www.gmfus.org/news/erosion...
Source: www.gmfus.org/news/erosion...
January 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Actually, it’s beautiful to see this finally coming true.
Source: www.gmfus.org/news/erosion...
Source: www.gmfus.org/news/erosion...
What are the prospects of US-#Bulgarian bilateral relations after the elections in both countries? And what broader implications do they have for security in the #BlackSea region?
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January 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
What are the prospects of US-#Bulgarian bilateral relations after the elections in both countries? And what broader implications do they have for security in the #BlackSea region?
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The granting of political asylum to former 🇵🇱 Justice Minister #Romanowski aligns seamlessly with the broader strategy of 🇭🇺's #Orbán regime, which has consistently provided asylum to illiberal political allies facing legal troubles or persecution in their home countries.
THREAD
THREAD
December 20, 2024 at 8:51 AM
The granting of political asylum to former 🇵🇱 Justice Minister #Romanowski aligns seamlessly with the broader strategy of 🇭🇺's #Orbán regime, which has consistently provided asylum to illiberal political allies facing legal troubles or persecution in their home countries.
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While #Trump’s demands from #European allies may resonate deeply with #GOP stakeholders and the #Republican electorate, there has been little consideration of the fact that his articulated Europe policy may ultimately prove self-defeating.
Here is why 👇
A LONG 🇺🇸🇪🇺THREAD
Here is why 👇
A LONG 🇺🇸🇪🇺THREAD
December 3, 2024 at 9:26 AM
While #Trump’s demands from #European allies may resonate deeply with #GOP stakeholders and the #Republican electorate, there has been little consideration of the fact that his articulated Europe policy may ultimately prove self-defeating.
Here is why 👇
A LONG 🇺🇸🇪🇺THREAD
Here is why 👇
A LONG 🇺🇸🇪🇺THREAD
As Viktor #Orbán put it during the press conference following the informal #EUCO in Budapest, "he still has some surprises up his sleeve."
👉Be prepared for further "peace visits" to #Moscow and for Orbán to mediate on behalf of #Trump before his inauguration on January 20.
👉Be prepared for further "peace visits" to #Moscow and for Orbán to mediate on behalf of #Trump before his inauguration on January 20.
November 11, 2024 at 3:11 PM
For Polish speaking Friends My piece on why #Poland should host the next #SummitforDemocracy online & printed in today's Gazeta Wyborcza.
👉 wyborcza.pl/7,75968,3108...
👉 wyborcza.pl/7,75968,3108...
June 25, 2024 at 6:17 AM
For Polish speaking Friends My piece on why #Poland should host the next #SummitforDemocracy online & printed in today's Gazeta Wyborcza.
👉 wyborcza.pl/7,75968,3108...
👉 wyborcza.pl/7,75968,3108...
The recording of our great conversation about the #ForeignPolicy implications of #populist leadership with Erin Jenne Mehmet Yavuz & Dean Schafer is available below on the Youtube channel of @authlibeu.bsky.social .
Check it out! ⬇️
🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJOffjdbyYo&ab_channel=AuthlibEU
Check it out! ⬇️
🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJOffjdbyYo&ab_channel=AuthlibEU
May 16, 2024 at 1:35 PM
The recording of our great conversation about the #ForeignPolicy implications of #populist leadership with Erin Jenne Mehmet Yavuz & Dean Schafer is available below on the Youtube channel of @authlibeu.bsky.social .
Check it out! ⬇️
🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJOffjdbyYo&ab_channel=AuthlibEU
Check it out! ⬇️
🔗https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJOffjdbyYo&ab_channel=AuthlibEU
It was a great honor to be quoted in prime time by TVN24 on Fakty o Swiecie about #Morawiecki's appearance at #CPACHungary. I argued that the visit also served to redefine #Fidesz-#PiS relationship with an eye to Fidesz joining #ECR after the EP elections.
April 30, 2024 at 8:50 AM
It was a great honor to be quoted in prime time by TVN24 on Fakty o Swiecie about #Morawiecki's appearance at #CPACHungary. I argued that the visit also served to redefine #Fidesz-#PiS relationship with an eye to Fidesz joining #ECR after the EP elections.
Interested in the state of #LGBTQ rights in Central Europe? Join our great speakers Denitsa Lyubenova (Deystvie), Dimitar Bogdanov (GLAS), Milena Dokova (Ekimjiev and Partners) &
GMF's Asya Metodieva today (April 22) at 4:00 pm CET & discuss the situation of the LGBTQ community in #Bulgaria.
GMF's Asya Metodieva today (April 22) at 4:00 pm CET & discuss the situation of the LGBTQ community in #Bulgaria.
April 22, 2024 at 7:51 AM
2. paraphrasing Alexander Schallenberg I argued that no one, who isn't ready to talk about EU reform, wants enlargement actually to happen.
Instead of blocking, Central European EU member states should co-shape the EU reform process.
Instead of blocking, Central European EU member states should co-shape the EU reform process.
October 17, 2023 at 8:32 AM
2. paraphrasing Alexander Schallenberg I argued that no one, who isn't ready to talk about EU reform, wants enlargement actually to happen.
Instead of blocking, Central European EU member states should co-shape the EU reform process.
Instead of blocking, Central European EU member states should co-shape the EU reform process.
Thank you Martin Dvorak, Ivanna Klympush, Vita Dumanska
& Myroslava Gongadze for the lively and thoughtful discussion on the challenges to Ukraine's EU accession at
Forum 2000.
Addressing the enlargement policies of Central European countries, (THREAD 1/5)
& Myroslava Gongadze for the lively and thoughtful discussion on the challenges to Ukraine's EU accession at
Forum 2000.
Addressing the enlargement policies of Central European countries, (THREAD 1/5)
October 17, 2023 at 8:31 AM
Thank you Martin Dvorak, Ivanna Klympush, Vita Dumanska
& Myroslava Gongadze for the lively and thoughtful discussion on the challenges to Ukraine's EU accession at
Forum 2000.
Addressing the enlargement policies of Central European countries, (THREAD 1/5)
& Myroslava Gongadze for the lively and thoughtful discussion on the challenges to Ukraine's EU accession at
Forum 2000.
Addressing the enlargement policies of Central European countries, (THREAD 1/5)