The paper aims to analyse Hungary’s evolving foreign policy in a changing world order
since the politico-economic regime change of the early 1990s, but with the main focus
on relations with the member states of the BRICS group since the initiation of Hungary’s
‘Global Opening’ policy in 2011. As such, the paper aims to offer a comparative overview
of Hungary’s engagements with the five core members of the BRICS. By following the
theory of poles and paying attention to the changing world order, Hungary’s foreign
policy is critically examined to pave the way for a geopolitical analysis of bilateral
relations with the BRICS members. Trade, security and soft power (culture and education)
will be analysed in more depth and scrutiny.
