Anton Bendarzsevszkij
Oeconomus
Anton Bendarzsevszkij is a foreign policy analyst and journalist. He studied media and communication and history at the University of Pécs, also reading political science at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. He was the head of Kitekintő – Hungarian foreign policy news portal for seven years. Subsequently, Anton was director of the geopolitical foundation of the Hungarian National Bank and its research institute for over four years, before serving as a director of research at Danube Institute, between 2021-2022. Currently he is a director of research at Oeconomus Economic Research Foundation. He is a regular columnist at Index and Mandiner, and he is also providing expertise to most major Hungarian media outlets. Anton specializes in the security policy of Post-Soviet states.