Our Institute hosts an array of discussions, networking events, roundtable debates, and public lectures to offer the Hungarian and international audience up-to-date insights to the state of the affairs in the United States.

 

2023

 

Science and Public Life roundtable discussion with Professor Deborah Avant

 

Professor Avant shared her experiences on the role, application, and utilization of science in public life at a panel discussion organized by the Institute for American Studies. In his opening speech our institute director, Balázs Mártonffy, drew the audience's attention to the importance of dialogue between science and public life, despite the impossibility of providing simple answers as a scientist. In the same vein Professor Avant emphasized the role of bridges in the relationship between science and public life in her keynote speech. The roundtable discussion following the lecture was attended by Deli Gergely, the rector of the University of Public Service, Ferenc Oberfrank, director of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, István Stumpf, emeritus professor of our Institute, and Bernát Török, director of the the Eötvös József Research Centre. A summary of the event can be found HERE, as well as an article by Tibor Sarnyai HERE. Link.

 

George C. Marshall Center Hungarian Alumni Online Event on NATO’s Deterrence

 

On 19th April 2023 the Institute for American Studies hosted the George C. Marshall Center Hungarian Alumni’s panel discussion on the changes and challenges of NATO’s deterrence. The „NATO Deterrence: Lessons and Challenges for Allies in 2023” online roundtable featured Prof. Ralf Roloff,  Deputy Dean for Resident Programs at the George C. Marshall Center´s College of International and Security Studies, Prof. em. Zoltán Szenes, Professor of the Department of International Security Studies, University of Public Service (UPS), and Tamás Csiki Varga, Research Fellow of the Center for Strategic and Defense Studies, UPS. The discussion was moderated by Gábor Csizmazia, Research Fellow of the Institute for American Studies and Head of Hungarian Alumni of the German Marhall Center. Link.

 

Divided Government roundtable with Scott Frisch professor

 

Scott Frish, professor and chair of Political Science at California State University Channel Islands, Balázs Mártonffy, our director, and Tibor Mándi, our researcher and associate professor of the ELTE Faculty of Law discussed the division of the United States' government in moderation of Máté Czene-Joó PhD candidate of ELTE Faculty of Law. Link.

 

2022

 

Visit of Assistant Adjutant General of the Ohio National Guard, Steven Stivers at the University of Public Service

 

IAS hosted MG Steve Stivers, former Congressman, currently the deputy head of the Ohio National Guard to discuss Ohio-Hungary partnership opportunities and current international security issues. Link.

 

George C Marshall Center alumni meeting at the University of Public Service

 

General Cavoli, currently NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, then the Commander of US Army Europe, was the guest of our Institute as we hosted our first-ever George C. Marshall Center Alumni Event. The event also marked the occasion for the transition to our colleagues, Gábor Csizmazia, to the President of the Hungarian GCMC Alumni Association.  Link.

 

The 100th anniversary US-Hungarian relations

 

To mark the centennial of US-Hungarian relations, the Hungarian Ministry of Defense, together with University of Public Service, hosted a panel discussion and photo exhibit centering on the successes of the US-Hungarian security relations. Panelists included the Hungarian deputy state secretary for defense policy, the deputy commandant of the Hungarian Defense Forces, commander of the Ohio National Guard, and our Institute's director.  Link.

 

Discussion with the United States's Charge d'Affaires, Marc Dillard

 

Chargé Marc Dillard, acting Head-of-Mission of the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, was the guest of IAS in an off-the-record discussion with key academics and think tankers to examine the various possible outcomes of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Link.

 

Discussion with Roger Pilon on the role of courts in the US

 

Roger Pilon, senior legal scholar at the CATO Institution in Washington, was the guest of IAS to talk about the ongoing challenges to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Link.

 

Online roundtable: Scaling the United States

 

Our joint event with the Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary (IFAT) saw an online panel discussion on the successess, low-points, and challenges of the Biden administration's first few months. Panelists included former minister and IAS's director emeritus Tamás Fellegi, the deputy director of IFAT, Tamás Baranyi, Budapest Fellow Ryan Brockhouse, and recent hire of IAS, former U.S. diplomat Dwight Nystrom. Link.

 

2021

 

China’s Quest for Foreign Technology: Beyond Espionage book launch

 

Together with the U.S. Embassy and the Institute for Cyber Security, IAS held a book launch for co-editors at Georgetown and DGAP on China's extra-legal and peri-political methods for seeking out foreign technology. Link

 

Conference on the new space era

 

Our institute co-held a conference on the policy and legal challenges of the increased competition in space, with scholars from the University of Public Service and beyond. Link.

 

Roundtable discussion: Contemporary challenges of the United States

 

As part of the University's annual Free University, IAS organized a panel discussion with Michael Anton, a former Trump administration senior national security officer, and Dwight Nystrom, a former U.S. diplomat and academic, on the ongoing foreign policy challenges of the Biden Administration Link

 

Panel discussion: Russo-Ukrainain War and its political and legal ramifications

 

Together with the Eotvos Lorand University's Political Science Institute, IAS co-organized a timely panel discussion on the various aspects of the ongoing war. Noted international legal scholar Gábor Kajtár, ELTE Poli Sci Institute's director and deputy director, and the directors of the Institute for Strategic and Defense Studies and IAS all expressed their views. Link.

 

2020 and earlier: events of IAS' predecessor, the American Studies Research Center

 

  • Panel discussion on the US-Iran geopolitical competition with Col. Tim Manning (USAF) and Balazs Martonffy. Summary.
  • Public lecture: RAND Corporation's senior research fellow on the weaponization of information. Summary
  • Visit of the Council of American Ambassadors. Summary.
  • Roundtable discussion on the US trade policy. Summary.
  • Special guest of the American Center – Lieutenant General Frederick Benjamin Hodges. Summary.
  • Conference on the United States - Central and Eastern European relations. Summary