Deciphering Global Paradoxes: Perceptions, Policies and Strategies in an Uncertain Time Kicking off the Budapest Global Dialogue, this session will discuss the key political events of 2024, and how they have unlocked new dynamics in global relationships. From censorship to sanctions to terrorism, many of the “old methods” seem to be producing opposite results—and creating a new world in the process. What are the drivers of the coming era, and how will global political actors adapt? President Trump’s victory has been presented as an upending of the global system. Is the Western alliance system going to be endangered, or grow stronger in the coming years? How are stresses in the global system implicating the US-Europe partnership? Is the divergence in responses to these stresses undermining the old order? How can different approaches to climate, trade, China and global security be reconciled? How is the new vibrancy in Central and Eastern Europe going to shape this partnership? Panellists: Balázs Orbán, Political Director of the Prime Minister of Hungary Max Abrahms, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University, United States of America Velina Tchakarova, Geopolitical Strategist, FACE, Austria Moderator: Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation, India Budapest Global Dialogue.
