Recently, Hungarian President Janos Ader visited NATO headquarters and met with Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. During the meeting President Ader reiterated Hungary's commitment to training Afghan troops and expressed Hungary's plan to remain in Afghanistan even after the end of the NATO-led ISAF mission. In guaranteeing their presence in the Afghan military even after NATO has withdrawn their troops, Hungary has asserted their presence in the Middle East as a peace keeping force. I found this piece of news very interesting because in a previous class we discussed the involvement of Hungary in NATO and the general shift away from the US as the leading peacekeeping force. The involvement of Hungary after the end of NATO involvement marks yet another transition in the world from relying on the US for peacekeeping power to using the power of other nations.
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