Barna holds an MA in Russian Studies and Politics from the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with distinction. His dissertation examined the development of Eurasianist thought and its representation in Russian media.

Barna’s professional path bridges the private sector and non-profit leadership. He is the co-founder of Fiatalok Batthyány Köre. This cultural and educational organization empowers students and young professionals to engage with critical policy challenges and advances cross-sectoral dialogue. Barna is also passionate about energy policy and geopolitics. His interests in these critical fields are reflected in both his work in various research and consulting roles and his publications. Throughout his studies and career, he has demonstrated a deep commitment to transatlantic cooperation, strengthened through fellowships at the American Enterprise Institute, the Hertog Foundation, and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where he immersed himself in the study of foreign policy, political theory, and economic statecraft.

Founded in 2022, the Yorktown Institute focuses on great power competition and the U.S. naval and military supremacy that must undergird American grand strategy. This will require alliance-building, restoring economic and manufacturing potential, defending national institutions, and reorienting naval and military power toward the “supercontinent” of Eurasia.

Matte Keller is a Hungarian-American rising senior at New Hope–Solebury High School in Pennsylvania. Born in New York City to a Hungarian mother and American father, he grew up surrounded by three cultures—Hungarian, Chinese, and American—that shaped how he sees the world. From studying Mandarin since he was little to attending the United Nations International School, Matte has always been curious about global issues and how people connect across cultures.

Hungary Foundation’s mission is to create lasting value by reviving and strengthening the cultural and educational bonds between the United States and Hungary, as well as Hungary and the diverse Hungarian American community. HF promotes cooperation and understanding between our two nations, fostering democracy, freedom, human rights, and human dignity, the dearest values of our history and our people.

Csaba B. Horváth, PhD earned his PhD in International Relations at Corvinus University of Budapest after completing degrees in History and Political Science at Eötvös Loránd University. He is a member of the General Assembly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on geopolitics, with a particular emphasis on the Indo-Pacific as well as on Central and Eastern Europe.

At IWP, leadership is nurtured through access to experienced faculty, a comprehensive curriculum in statecraft, national security, and foreign policy, and the advantage of small class sizes.

András holds a law degree from Babeș-Bolyai University in Kolozsvár/Cluj-Napoca (Romania), a master’s degree in philosophy from the same institution, and earned his PhD summa cum laude at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest. His doctoral dissertation introduced and analyzed the concept of ‘domosity’ and its role in the international legal protection of national minorities.

András’s professional path combines academia, advocacy, and community engagement. He is the founder and director of the Advocacy Group for Freedom of Identity, dedicated to litigation and advocacy for minority rights. He also co-founded the Musai-Muszáj language rights movement and serves as the founder and artistic director of the Méra World Music Festival. His commitment to the Hungarian minority from Romania is reflected both in his publications in Hungarian, Romanian, and English on minority rights, and in his academic work as a visiting lecturer at Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, where he taught minority rights and public international law, as well as in his active involvement in the educational programs of Mathias Corvinus Collegium in Transylvania, Romania.

The mission of Duke Law School is to advance knowledge and the rule of law through open, rigorous, and collaborative education and scholarly inquiry, and to help build and sustain a dynamic legal profession that embodies commitment to equal justice, ethical leadership, diversity of perspective and experience, public service, and the highest standards of client representation.

After graduating from Eötvös Loránd University with an M.A. degree in sociology, he earned his Ph.D. in sociology (summa cum laude) at Corvinus University of Budapest, where he completed his habilitation in communication and media science last year.

Formerly, he was a researcher at the Information Society Research Center (ITTK) at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. During his professional career, Levente worked with several renowned market and opinion research institutes. He is currently the director of the Youth Research Institute, a habilitated associate professor at the Institute of Marketing and Communication Sciences at Corvinus University of Budapest, a mentor at the Baptist Theological Academy, and the head of the Center for Sociology at Mathias Corvinus Collegium.

The Schar School of Policy and Government is located where policy happens, they deliver a bird’s-eye-view of how government really works and how policy is made. 

Their faculty members are experts on policy, politics, government, national security, intelligence, defense, and everything in-between, with many having served at the highest levels of government. 

They prepare students to be future leaders and managers who advance the public good by helping to solve problems across both the private and public sectors. 

With the generous gift from Dwight Schar, the Schar School is poised at the forefront of innovation and education in helping to shape the policy leaders of tomorrow.

Mónika got her law degree at the University of Miskolc, with a specialization as an English legal translator, and completed a course in AI and Law at the University of Lisbon. She is pursuing a PhD at the Doctoral School of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, where her research topic examines how constitutional identity manifests itself in essential state functions of the Member States of the European Union.

Mónika has over fifty scientific publications and was invited to present her research at several national and international conferences including the Hungarian Lawyers Association’s 45th Congress of Lawyers, the MIPRO Conference in Opatija, and many others.

Mónika has been involved in a number of international research projects, dealing with topics of constitutional law and EU law, as well as AI-related topics. Her active participation in such projects has resulted in the publication of several papers in journals, and a soon-available textbook for law students, where she is co-writing a chapter on data protection issues.

She is a founding editor of Constitutional Discourse, leading the Privacy & Data Protection column. She is currently the international director of Central European Lawyers Initiative, was previously the Secretary General of The European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) Miskolc (2020-2022), and is a member of Aurum Foundation, Hungarian Lawyers Association, the Hungarian Association of Competition Law, and the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association Hungary. In all of these initiatives, she organizes professional events, participates in table talks, and arranges social gatherings, as she believes that building a community is a key element of both professional and personal life.

She has been a junior researcher at the Public Law Center of Mathias Corvinus Collegium and has gained essential experience working for the Hungarian Competition Authority, The National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information, the Office of the National Assembly, the Miskolc Regional Court, and as a mentor at Károli Gáspár University’s Bocskai István College of Excellence’s Public Law Center.

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