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On 31 January, a dozen of Hungarian LSE Alumni Association and Common Sense Society (CSS) members gathered to discuss Sun Tzu’s The Art of War as part of the latest jointly organised Reading Group event. The discussion touched on the book’s historic significance and explored the parallel between strategy building in war and in politics. Many...

On 21 December, the Hungarian LSE Alumni Association organised its annual Christmas Dinner in downtown Budapest. Spiced up with a Christmas quiz competition the event was a good opportunity for members to catch up and evaluate the year in an informal setting. Many thanks to Zsofi Farkas and Szabolcs Vagvolgyi for organising the dinner. And many...

On 19 October the Hungarian LSE Alumni Association and the Common Sense Society jointly organised a Reading Group event on former British Ambassador Tom Fletcher’s book, titled Naked Diplomacy. The free-flowing discussion explored how the internet and social media revolutionised diplomacy and politics and how they brought about new...