The studies of this book follow a three-fold structure. First, a historical overview of how the dominant security/ threat perceptions have evolved since 1989 is provided, with reference to how official documents reflected these changes. This is then followed by a consideration of the key stakeholders in foreign policy decision-making, also introducing readers to the major foreign policy decisions taken and institutional transformations carried out during the period in question, with special r

This book is the fruit of the conference Latin America and Hungary – Cultural Ties, held in Budapest. The 14 essays in this volume – written partly in English and partly in Spanish– range from the 19th to the beginning of the 21st century, and follow the movement of people and ideas across the Atlantic, from Hungary to Latin America and vice-versa. Of course, ideas do not travel alone; the human mind is necessary to create, transform and apply them. Encompassing a wide range of arts, mi

Turkey has long sought to act as a bridge between the East and the West, and today it aspires to be not only a bridge but also a regional factor that is significant on its own right in a strategically important region. A Turkey that can combine the elements of both the Western and Muslim civilisations and ways of thinking may become a most successful and competitive society of the 21st century, and may serve as a model and regional hub for neighbouring countries and regions. However, for the