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EU Takes Hungary’s Asylum Policy to Task Again, But Budapest Shrugs

With asylum claims cut to near zero, Orban is unlikely to respond to the EU’s latest infringement procedure, the fifth launched against Hungary since 2015. On Friday, the European Commission launched a new infringement procedure against Hungary, its fifth since 2015, because of changes to the asylum system that Viktor …

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Dayton 2.0: Deal that Ended Bosnian War Needs Rewriting, But How?

Twenty-five years ago, a peace deal crafted at a United States air base in Ohio ended the Bosnian war. Today, nobody likes it, but in a politically-divided country, agreement on any reform will be tough to reach. Some want it rewritten, smoothing Bosnia’s path to membership of the European Union. …

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US Election Splits Central Europe

Hungary’s Orban and Poland’s Kaczynski have openly hitched their wagons to Trump’s extreme brand of populism, but the Czechs and Slovaks would welcome more predictable policy out of Washington. Donald Trump has spent the past four years sowing division across the globe. The man hoping to replace him as US …

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