The Analyst

About us

The Analyst is meant to fill in a gap in the media. Those who started this quarterly had thought there was a need for a periodical review covering the issues of the international environment of Hungary. In this broader neighbourhood, called Central Eastern Europe in a little bit exaggerated way, there are EU-members, candidates for accession and countries which obviously want to move towards the European Union in the long run. Everything that happens in and to these countries is important for us. Targets of The Analyst are the countries from the Baltic states to the Balkans, their domestic situation, their interests - often either common or colliding -, as well as international impacts which influence the fate of this zone in a global world. In accordance with its title, this quarterly wants to analyze politics, economy, social and security issues, facts and trends thoroughly and deeply in an objective way. For obvious reasons, these issues will be followed with a special attention whenever Hungary is concerned. But The Analyst wants to be more than a special quality source for readers focussing on Hungary. We hope that those who are keenly interested in Central Eastern Europe, either from inside or from outside of the region, will find this quarterly a real help.

Countries of the region

Country	Area (km2)	Population	GDP/cap. (USD)
Albania	28 748	3 074 000	4 400
Austria	83 858	8 002 000	27 900
Belarus	207 595	10 300 000	8 700
Bosnia-Herzegovina	51 129	4 360 000	1 900
Bulgaria	110 994	9 004 000	6 500
Croatia	56 542	4 784 000	9 800
Czech Republic	78 866	10 287 000	15 300
Estonia	45 226	1 526 000	11 000
Hungary	93 036	10 118 000	13 300
Latvia	64 589	2 681 000	8 900
Lithuania	65 301	3 724 000	8 400
Macedonia	25 713	2 113 000	5 100
Moldova	33 700	4 356 000	2 600
Poland	312 685	38 418 000	9 700
Romania	237 500	21 480 000	7 600
Serbia and Montenegro	102 350	10 519 000	2 200
Slovakia	49 034	5 381 000	12 400
Slovenia	20 273	1 955 000	19 200
Ukraine	603 700	47 246 000	4 500