Victoria Herczegh

Viktória Herczegh is an analyst at Geopolitical Futures. She is also a PhD candidate at the Political Science and International Relations Doctoral School of Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. Her PhD research topic is "Double Standards projected by Great Powers". Ms. Herczegh holds a bachelor's degree of Chinese Language and Culture and a master's degree of East Asian Studies. She also spent one semester at Shanghai International Studies University studying Mandarin Chinese. Ms. Herczegh is a native Hungarian fluent in English, Spanish, French and Mandarin.

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China’s Military Self-Critique

Last week, the PLA Daily, the official newspaper of China’s armed forces, published a lengthy and unusually candid article assessing the People’s Liberation Army’s shortcomings. State military commentary typically celebrates progress under President Xi Jinping’s military modernization drive, and this essay was no different. But it also criticized “profound deficiencies” in the PLA’s integrated joint […]

Losing Faith in China

At an ad hoc Politburo Study Session last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the acceleration of the Sinicization of religions. Sinicization refers to the modification of someone...

The Problem With China’s Renewed Push for Unity

The Chinese government recently introduced a new set of regulations, set to take effect in 2026, to manage Chinese citizens employed by foreign diplomatic and consular missions in China....

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On Sept. 3, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared side by side with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a military parade in Beijing. Also present was Kim’s daughter,...

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Since taking office in June, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has repeatedly raised the issue of reunification with North Korea. Earlier this month, he ordered the removal of...

Indonesia’s Strategy in the Tariff War

After U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States would impose tariffs on much of the world, Indonesia was among the first countries to strike a reciprocal agreement....

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