I earned a B.A. in Security and Defense Policy at Zrínyi Miklós National Defense University (Budapest, Hungary) in 2009. Although the graduation was a relief, I was completely sure that there was no chance of finding a decent job, so I decided to carry on with my studies and complete a master degree. Currently, I'm a full-time graduate student at the above-mentioned university, where I will earn an M.A. in Security and Defense Policy in 2011, if everything goes well. If luck permits, maybe I will get a chance to continue, and do a Ph.D. elsewhere. However, I also have other plans ahead of me, so wish me luck. By the way, you never know what the future holds!

Basic information
name: Peter Seljan
location: Budapest, Hungary
languages: Hungarian, English, and I'm learning Spanish lately
study: Zrínyi Miklós National Defense University (Budapest, Hungary)
skill: Security and Defense Policy Officer

My main interests are international relations, political science, journalism, history, economics, press photo and climbing.

Fields of Specialization:
1) Security affairs of the Middle East with a special interest in the politics and strategy of Israeli national security, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and nuclear proliferation.
2) U.S. foreign policy regarding the Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
3) Latin America and the Caribbean: illicit drug trafficking and Mexico's drug war.
4) Natural resources and sustainable development, regions in the world with water scarcity.

About the site

This is my first website. I created it to learn Drupal, HTML, CSS and to improve my writing skills in English language. In fact it was one of my brothers who advised me to start learning Drupal, and I thought, why not? Besides, in the 21th century, in order to be part of this world of opportunities it's not a bad idea to be present on the internet.

In an information soaked world that is the 21st century, students can access any information on the internet. Moreover today anybody can create and share information on the web using social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others. But the great thing is that, it is also pretty easy to make your own website. You just have to learn the basics.

Favorite TV Shows: CNN - Fareed Zakaria GPS, 24, CSI, Law & Order, Supernatural, The Forgotten, How I Met Your Mother, Lie to Me, Trauma.

Favorite Quotations:

Rocky Balboa to his son:
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshines and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place...and I don't care how tough you are, it'll beat you to your knees and keep it there permanently if you let it. You, me and nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Now if you know what you worth, go out and get what you worth. But you gotta be willing to take the hits. And not pointing fingers saying you ain't what you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody. Cowards do that and that ain't you. You're better than that! Until you start to believe in yourself, you ain't gonna have a life."
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Bertrand Russel
"In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted."
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Winston Churchill
"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never - In nothing, great or small, large or petty - Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense."

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
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Martin Luther King
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."
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Barack Obama
"There is not a liberal America and a conservative America - There is the United States of America. There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America - There’s the United States of America.
The pundits, the pundits like to slice-and-dice our country into Red States and Blue States; Red States for Republicans, Blue States for Democrats. But I’ve got news for them, too. We are one people, all of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes, all of us defending the United States of America."
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The Eiger Sanction (1975)
[Hemlock saves Meier from falling off the mountain]
Meier: You're very good. I have really enjoyed climbing with you.
Hemlock: We'll make it.
Meier: I don't think so. But we shall continue with style.

Bowman: Want a beer?
Hemlock: You gonna call room service?
Bowman: We got beer.
Hemlock: If you hauled beer up this rock, you're insane.
Bowman: I may be insane, but I'm not stupid. I didn't carry it, you did. It's in your pack.(Pulls a six-pack out of Hemlock's backpack.)
Hemlock: Jesus Christ, I ought to throw you off this pillar. Besides, it's warm.
Bowman: I'm sorry, I thought you'd draw the line at hauling ice.
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How I Met Your Mother
Barney: It's gonna be legen... wait for it... dary!
Barney: When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story.