Hajnalka Tóth from Budapest, Hungary arrived to Washington this fall and will spend 4 months at Meridian Center for Cultural Diplomacy (MCCD). With HIF’s support, the Hungarian American Coalition’s John N. Lauer Leadership Training Program (formerly Coalition Internship Program) will be hosting seven interns in 2019 to provide first-hand experience …Read More »

The annual CEPA Forum has become the go-to event for anyone working on US-CEE relations.  This year’s conference, held at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, focused on the “Unfinished Business of 1989” and challenged all participants to ask: who will win the future—China, Russia, or our Atlantic World? The Forum …Read More »

Márton Zsuráfszky from Budapest, Hungary arrived to Washington this fall and will spend 4 months at Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). With HIF’s support, the Hungarian American Coalition’s John N. Lauer Leadership Training Program (formerly Coalition Internship Program) will be hosting seven interns in 2019 to provide first-hand experience …Read More »

HIF’s third annual Young Hungarian Leaders Program (YHLP) concluded last week with 13 Hungarian participants. Through a mixture of briefings, study sessions, workshops, and meetings with think-tanks, U.S. government representatives, as well as site visits, participants deepened their understanding of the history and evolution of the American constitutional order, and a representative …Read More »

Ilona Schumicky, Noémi Pálfalvi, and Márton Hegedüs, this year’s first batch of Széll Kálmán Fellows really made us proud this summer. They have gone above and beyond to excel in their studies, at their internships and to spread some Hungarian cheer among their peers. Here’s a short recap about their …Read More »

This year’s The Future of Liberty + Leadership Conference hosted by one of HIF’s partner institutions, The Fund for American Studies, was an opportunity to hear from alumni who are involved in educating for liberty around the globe. The two day conference in Washington DC featured a panel moderated by Shane M. …Read More »

The Atlantic Council in cooperation with GLOBSEC hosted a two day conference this week in Washington highlighting the importance of Central Europe as engines of the transatlantic relationship. HIF Chairman Ambassador April Foley, Board Member Ambassador Kurt Volker and Executive Director Anna Smith Lacey were featured in the robust program …Read More »

Flóra Anna Adouki from Nagymegyer (Veľký Meder), Slovakia arrived to Washington this spring and will spend 4 months at the Atlantic Council. With HIF’s support, the Hungarian American Coalition’s John N. Lauer Leadership Training Program (formerly Coalition Internship Program) will be hosting seven interns in 2019 to provide first-hand experience at various Washington-based institutions. …Read More »

 On June 1, 2019 Quinnipiac University’s Central European Institute (CEI) and The Hungary Initiatives Foundation (HIF) co-hosted the Zebegény Alumni Summit. This event, for the first time, brought together the alumni of all Quinnipiac- and HIF-sponsored scholarships, internships and fellowships and our allies from the business, non-profit and government sector. For over a …Read More »

Zsombor Zeöld joined the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in the summer of 2019 as the fourth Andrássy National Security Fellow. His research interests lie in the political and economic connections between Central Europe and the US.  Zsombor earned his Master of Arts in International Relations at Eötvös Loránd …Read More »