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Miklos Vamos

Budapest, Hungary

Miklós Vámos is a Hungarian novelist, screenwriter and talk show host. He is one of the most read and respected writers in his native Hungary. He has taught at Yale University on a Fulbright fellowship, served as The Nation’s East European correspondent, worked as consultant on the Oscar-winning film Mephisto, and presented Hungary’s most-watched cultural television show. Vámos has received numerous awards for his plays, screenplays, novels and short stories, including the Hungarian Merit Award for lifetime achievement. The Book of Fathers is considered his most accomplished novel and has sold 200,000 copies in Hungary. Close.

Miklos Vamos

Budapest, Hungary

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February 17, 2007 7:18 AM

Strengthen the United Nations

Oh boy, this world really needs something to control all of its bad instincts. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the U.S. exerted too much control. From Budapest I haven’t the faintest idea if Iran potentially threatens other countries at all. But I am sure that the nuclear threat is a very imperfect weapon against war. The U.S. cannot use its military to be the peace-makers of the world.

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February 22, 2007 9:45 AM

Stop Worrying So Much

Russia’s weird mixture of feudalism and capitalism is worrying, along with its dizzying array of legal restrictions. Compared to its strange institutional arrangements, the words of Russia’s politicians are less important.

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