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Hungary bucks austerity trend

November 30, 2010

In 1956 the Hungarians rose in revolt against the excesses of Soviet communism. During the 1980’s, the Hungarian society was already making the transition to what we now call the post-Soviet era and its communist politicians opened the country’s borders to East German refugees fleeing to the West . These days, Viktor Orban and his… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

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Cuba adopts “Goulash Communism”

September 18, 2010

After the 1956 upheavals in Hungary, a joint KGB-Hungarian Communist Party plan was put into effect, aimed at making communism more palatable for the population. The plan consisted in allowing small farmers, tradespeople and unrepentant bourgeois elements to start their own small businesses. Hungarian communist-style consumerism was subsequently fueled with loans obtained abroad and the… » read more

Posted by Florian Pantazi

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Spotlight on Geopolitics

Florian Pantazi is an historian and geopolitical consultant.

Florian Pantazi is an historian and geopolitical consultant. The focus of his research is the European Union's role as a global actor, its influence in Asia and Latin America, as well as the major geopolitical shifts confronting the international community of states. Apart from his interest in European external affairs, he has -- since 1998 -- researched and authored articles on the emergence of China and its geoeconomic agenda ; Turkey's Islamic model of democracy; the Asian and global financial crises; the most recent political evolutions in the Maghreb.

Florian Pantazi holds a Master in Geopolitics and International Relations from Sciences Po Toulouse and an MA in History from the Al.I.Cuza University, Iasi, Romania. Contact: florian.pantazi @ gmail.com  Twitter: @Geopolinsider


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