Introduction

i thought listeners would be interested in seeing the crisis from a central european perspective. John o sullivan is president of the danube institute, an atlanticis think ank that is conservative in politics and classically liberal in economics. He's been a voice for exponding nato for many, many years; former executive editor of radio free europe. i don't think people outside the historical profession or the country realize just how terrible the siege of buddha pest was in the end of the beginning of 19 forty five. It lasted three months, and it was a terrible event for the country. And on this, in this crisis, they have far, in a