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Hungary and It’s Neighbors, 1988-1994

Attempts to Heal the Wound of 1920

by Géza Jeszenszky

Former Hungarian Foreign Minister and Diplomat, historian Géza Jeszenszky’s latest book titled “Hungary and It’s Neighbors, 1988-1994: Attempts to Heal the Wound of 1920” was introduced in its English language edition at a reception and program at Villa 11 in Budapest on November 13, 2025.
The panel discussion of Minister Jeszenszky’s latest book was led by John O’Sullivan, President of the Danube Institute (Budapest) participating were the author Géza Jeszenszky, historian Ignác Romsics and political scientist Balázs Tárnok. Pictured in the seated photographs, left to right.

Click on this link to view the evening’s discussion on this important work on Hungary and its neighbors at the time of the regime changes in Central and East Europe authored by a real time participant in the momentous decisions of the period.

A panel discussion featuring four men sitting in a modern setting, with two holding microphones. Artwork hangs on the wall behind them, and a small table with water and a plant is in the foreground. — Panel discussion with President of the Danube Institute (Budapest)John O’Sullivan, author Géza Jeszenszky, historian Ignác Romsics,, and political scientist Balázs Tárnok

A man with gray hair and a white beard, wearing a suit and tie, looking thoughtfully at the camera.

Géza Jeszenszky (b. 1941) is one of the key witnesses to the regime change in Hungary. He is a retired professor of history at Corvinus University of Budapest, also a politician and diplomat. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the first freely elected government after the fall of communism (1990–94). From 1998 to 2002, he was Hungary’s ambassador to the United States, and to Norway and Iceland from 2011 to 2014.

He was visiting professor at several American and European universities. He is the author of a large number of scholarly publications, including Post- Communist Europe and Its National/ Ethnic Problems (Budapest, 2009); July 1944: Deportation of the Jews of Budapest Foiled (Reno, NV, 2018); and Lost Prestige: The Changing Image of Hungary in Britain, 1894–1918. (Reno, NV, 2020).