Letter from Budapest

András Rácz and Botond Feledy wrote about Hungary’s foreign and security policy in Carnagie Europe’s Capitals Series. According to them, Hungary is caught in an increasingly unsustainable balancing act between the West and Russia, giving Hungarian foreign policy ambition a score of 2 out of 5. They write that Orban has never been a loyal Putin ally, and that Russia is becoming less patient with Hungary. The article was published on June 19th.