World Order: Trump Focuses on Bilateral Relations

U.S. President Donald Trump prioritizes bilateral relations over international institutions, participants at the latest Eurasia Roundtable discussed. Experts at the event noted that among the three main components of the global order, the global division of labor has undergone the most significant change.

Panelists in the Eurasia Roundtable discussion titled Report on the State of the World Order (Photo: the author's own)

Tamas Magyarics described Hungary's position within the Atlantic world: "Washington is the center, Brussels is the sub-center, and Hungary is the periphery. Strategically, Hungary is attempting to bypass the sub-center and approach the center directly—and this has real potential, particularly because the current U.S. administration seems to have more seamless communication with Central and Eastern Europeans than with Western Europeans or Scandinavians."

The question is whether the center will put pressure on the sub-center in Hungary’s favor,

 concluded the U.S. policy expert.
Cover photo: Panelists in the Eurasia Roundtable discussion titled Report on the State of the World Order (Photo: the author's own)