Borders & Sovereignty: The West's Reckoning | View from the Danube #8

What does Budapest reveal about Europe’s past—and its possible future? And can the continent recover a sense of political seriousness before the next crisis hits?

In this episode of The View From The Danube, Rod Dreher is joined by Matthew Goodwin, British political scientist and author; István Kiss, Executive Director of the Danube Institute; and Michael O’Shea, visiting fellow at the Institute. Together they trace the growing divide between liberal migration policies and public frustration across the continent. From the UK’s broken border system to Poland’s cautious pragmatism, and Hungary’s unapologetic stance, the panel unpacks what happens when mass migration is reshaping the social and political order of a country. Topics discussed in this episode include:

• The UK’s net migration crisis: most of the migrants are not looking for jobs or cultural assimilation

• Hungary’s model: how tough border policies reshaped the migration debate

• Poland’s growing tensions: economic growth, political ambivalence, and migrant fatigue

• Islamist influence and identity politics in Britain and France

• The backlash against DEI policies and ideological overreach in academia

• Trump’s challenge to the global consensus on migration and national sovereignty

• Tune in now for a sharp, timely conversation on one of Europe’s most explosive issues.

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The View From The Danube is the keystone video podcast of the Danube Institute, a Budapest-based think tank that aims to bring Conservative perspectives from the Anglosphere together, in the heart of the European capital of Conservativism.