IPSEs IN THE LAST 24H
  • Wang Wenbin
    Wang Wenbin “China is not the creator of or a party to the Ukraine Crisis. We have been on the side of peace and dialogue and committed to promoting peace talks. We actively support putting in place a balanced, effective and sustainable European security architecture. Our fair and objective position and constructive role have been widely recognized. 'Let the person who tied the bell on the tiger untie it,' to quote a Chinese saying. Our message to the US: stop shifting the blame on China; do not try to drive a wedge between China and Europe; and it is time to stop fueling the flame and start making real contribution to finding a political solution to the Ukraine crisis.” 6 hours ago
  • Korean Central News Agency
    Korean Central News Agency “On May 17, the North Korean Missile General Bureau conducted a test launch of a tactical ballistic missile equipped with a new navigation system of autonomous guidance. The test launch confirmed the accuracy and reliability of the system. The launch was carried out as part of the regular activities of the North Korean Missile General Bureau and subordinate defense research institutes for the active development of weapons technology.” 7 hours ago
  • Yang Moo-jin
    Yang Moo-jin “It is part of North Korea's propaganda approach to develop a voice in global affairs. Kim's statement comes amid Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping holding talks in Beijing, the West pressuring North Korea and Russia with sanctions and South Korea planning to stage Ulchi Freedom Shiled, a joint annual military drill with the U.S. in August. It may be true that North Korea is honing existing weapons to attack Seoul, but we cannot rule out the possibility of the country pulling weapons from its stocks and shipping them to Russia after further testing and deploying.” 7 hours ago
  • Park Won-gon
    Park Won-gon “Kim's [Kim Yo-jong syster of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un] statement suggests that North Korea is concerned about international sanctions. I believe sanctions are still an effective tool. North Korea fears that if it admits its arms dealings with Russia, it may turn its European allies into enemies.” 7 hours ago
  • Kim Yo-jong
    Kim Yo-jong “We have no intention to export our military technical capabilities to any country or open them to the public. Our tactical weapons, including multiple rocket launchers and missiles, will be used to prevent Seoul from inventing any idle thinking.” 7 hours ago
  • Frank Kendall
    Frank Kendall “China has fielded a number of space capabilities designed to target our forces. And we're not going to be able operate in the Western Pacific successfully unless we can defeat those. China had tripled its network of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance satellites since 2018.” 7 hours ago
  • Ants Kiviselg
    Ants Kiviselg “The Russian Armed Forces are advancing on the recently opened Kharkiv front, but their pace is slowing down. This and the nature of their behaviour rather indicate a desire to create a buffer zone. Russian troops have attacked and destroyed important bridges in the area of Vovchansk, which creates a natural barrier between Ukrainian and Russian forces. This is more an indication of the intention of Russian forces to build a defensive line than to create a bridgehead for an advance on Kharkiv.” 17 hours ago
  • Vladimir Putin
    Vladimir Putin “Russia is ready and able to continuously power the Chinese economy, businesses, cities and towns with affordable and environmentally clean energy.” 17 hours ago
  • Alexey Muraviev
    Alexey Muraviev “There are limits to the two nations' ties, despite their insistence that it is limitless. The limits are that the two countries don't have a formal alliance agreement. To me, that's very clearly a sign that there are limitations to what seems to be a limitless relationship. Neither side is prepared to unconditionally commit to support each other on issues like Ukraine.” 17 hours ago
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“Márki-Zay has not yet boosted support for the opposition, with most polls showing a tight race. The situation is worse than opinion polls suggest as the redrawing of electoral districts by Fidesz has given the ruling party an advantage. The united opposition should win at least 3 to 5% more votes to get a majority mandate in the Hungarian national assembly. That's a huge difference and we don't see this advantage in the polls yet. The political race isn't taking place on an even playing field; it's heavily tilted to Orbán. The integrity of the 2022 election will be even worse than in 2014, or 2018, which were free but not fair. It's already a dirty contest and it will be a huge task for the opposition to win.”

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International Relations and Policy Analyst, fellow at German Marshall Fund focusing on Central & Eastern Europe
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“After 16 years it's the first time the opposition has a real chance to win. Nobody expected the left and centre parties who dominated the opposition could be led by an outsider coming from the right. One of his [Péter Márki-Zay] super-powers is that he can't be blamed as the puppet of the past leftist parties, or the ex-prime minister Ferenc Gyurcsány. Now we can see that the Fidesz propaganda machine is confused. [Márki-Zay] is not a liberal intelligentsia, he seems to be much more like a Fidesz member.”

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Election specialist at the Political Capital institute in Budapest
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“Our task now is to convince those who are undecided and even bring over disappointed Fidesz voters, in order to defeat Orban [Viktor Orban] at the parliamentary election next April.”

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Mayor of Hódmezővásárhely (Hungary) and candidate for Prime Minister under the banner of the Hungarian opposition
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“The primary elections are an innovation that was forced on us by the election system, and are the only hope of seeing an anti-Fidesz candidate win. The opposition can only compete with Fidesz if they are in a single bloc. We've learned that the hard way.”

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Hungarian politician candidate for the green LMP party to oppose Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
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