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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Multiple reports have appeared recently in Chinese state media urging local government officials to cut back on spending and support the government’s growing austerity campaign. Last week, the central government also announced that “guidance groups” – tasked with monitoring local officials’ spending habits and how they align with state priorities – would soon be dispatched […]

In China, Billionaires Return to Favor – on the Party’s Terms

Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended an olive branch to the country’s wealthiest private entrepreneurs after years of subjecting them to scrutiny and regulatory crackdowns. In a recent symposium,...

A Shrinking China Scrambles for a New Economic Model

China is shifting from an export- and investment-driven economy to one based on domestic consumption. The reason is persistent economic stagnation and a growing risk that the country will...

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could be facing a new threat to his grip on power led by none other than his own right-hand man. According to a...

Southeast Asia Heeds Trade Warnings

When they were first announced, U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs brought panic and confusion to markets all around the world, perhaps nowhere more so than in Southeast...

Japan’s Slow-Moving Security Independence From the US

Tokyo is reportedly considering the deployment of long-range missiles on Kyushu, the southwesternmost of Japan’s main islands, by early 2026. Because the island faces the East China Sea to...

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