CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2021
| Author | Ceclan, Alexandru |
|---|---|
| Title | Between Friends or Foes: The Case of the Hungarian Revisionist Foreign Policy Towards Romania |
| Summary | The concept of lateral/territorial revisionist foreign policy is new in the literature. In general, it aims at defining a state’s position in the international system and/or relative to neighboring countries, being also a repertoire of diplomatic practices that leaders use to represent the interest of the ‘authentic’ community on the international stage. However, in the current literature, there is no analysis to present the way in which this lateral/territorial revisionist foreign policy operates. This thesis aims to explore the traits of the Hungarian revisionist foreign policy towards a neighboring country, Romania. More specifically, I will investigate what this foreign policy targets and how it operates. The findings shows that the “struggles” of ethnic Hungarians from Transylvania are raised at a foreign policy level, being at the center of Hungary’s lateral/territorial revisionist foreign policy. The ways in which these “struggles” are tackled by the Hungarian government is through diaspora integration processes (such as the non-resident citizenship) and diaspora identity processes with cultural, economic, or political programs sponsored by the government or other national foundations. |
| Supervisor | Professor Daniel Bochsler |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2021/ceclan_alexandru.pdf |
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