This is CBSi on the world. I'm John Dodgso with Victoria Herkest. She is a geopolitical analyst for

geopolitical futures. A subscription site I recommend, we turn from talking about Belton Road on the other side of the world,

although it was meant to wrap the world, including Europe and the United States eventually,

in its great plans. We turn from that to the present day two wars in

Eurasia and Victoria does me the favor of checking on Budapest in the conflict

zone.

Victoria, I noticed in political headlines recently,

the foreign minister, Peter Sijarto, do I say that correctly, Sajarto? Sajarto, do I say that correctly?

Sajarto would be the pronunciation.

Siaarto, yes.

Said that the Third World War is approaching,

that he worries that the Ukraine troops into Hungary, into Ukraine, NATO troops

into Ukraine would be a trigger. Now we've heard this from other voices after the president of France

made these remarks about it might require troops, French troops or NATO troops into

Ukraine. This was some weeks back. Is that your measure of a genuine anxiety at Budapest?

You are in the front lines.

How is it, how is the flavor of the city about something as scary as that?

Well, I would say people generally... something as

something as scary as that? Well I would say people generally are not worried so Hungary of course

doesn't want to get involved in the war so that's a priority for for the government and that's something that's being reiterated every week basically.

So there is a certain sense of worry that people in general don't talk much about the Ukraine war.

So it's really sad to say that it's become the new normal that the war is going on in the neighborhood.

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