János Besenyő

János Besenyő PhD (born 1972) is head of department at the Hungarian Defence Forces General Staff Scientific Research Centre.
His areas of research are Africa and the Middle East as well as peacekeeping, military logistics, Hungarian peace keeping operations in Africa, especially in Western Sahara, over and above the comparison of political cultures, political communication and intercultural communication, institution of kids army, DDR programs in Africa, terrorism, respectively the Christian - Muslim opposition on the continent.

A few English-language publications

• Western Sahara, Publikon Publishers, Pécs, 2009, pp. 197, ISBN 978-963-88332-0-4
• Logistic Experiences: The Case of Darfur -Promoting Peace and Security in Africa – Finnish Department of Strategic and Defence Studies (2006 – Series 2 No 35), pp. 41-59.
• The first military operation between European Union and African Union. The European advisors role in Darfur – AARMS (Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University), Volume 6, Issue 4. 2007, 771-784.
• Hungarian logistics specialist working for UN’s Western Sahara mission – AARMS (Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University), Volume 7, Issue 1. 2008, pp. 155-156
• EU support to the African Union mission in Darfur – AMIS, Tradecraft Review, Periodical of the Scientific Board of Military Security Office, 2009, Special Issue, p. 31-45
• The Occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco and Mauritania – Periodical of the Scientific board of Military Security Office, 2010, Special Issue, 76-94
• Saharawi refugees in Algeria - AARMS (Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University), Volume 9, Issue 1. 2010. 67-78
• CIMIC activities in the African Union Mission in Sudan - Tradecraft Review, Periodical of the Scientific board of Military Security Office, 2010, 2. Special Issue, 95-113
• Western-Sahara under the Spanish empire – AARMS (Miklós Zrínyi National Defence University), Volume 9, Issue 2. 2010, pp. 195-215
• Economy of Western Sahara - Periodical of the Scientific board of Military Security Office, 2011, 1. Special Issue, pp. 115-125
• Peacekeeping mission in Maghreb: The MINURSO – Tradecraft Review, Periodical of the Military National Security Service, 2012, 1. Special Issue, pp. 125-144
• Hungarian military forces in Africa – past and future. Recovering lost knowledge, exploiting cultural anthropology resources, creating a comprehensive system of training and preparation – Études Sur La Région Méditerranéenne, ISSN 0238-8308, Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Újkori Egyetemes Történeti és Mediterrán Tanulmányok Tanszék, 2013, pp. 145-168
• Hungary's contribution to African peacekeeping operations: Lessons Learned – In: Budapest Africa Forum 2013, Budapest. Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hungary, pp. 192-201. ISBN 978-963-7038-45-7
• The European Union mission in Mali - Hungary's involvement in the mission - Contemporary Military Challanges/Sodobni Vojaski Izzivi (ISSN 1580-1993), November 2013: pp. 25-37
• War at the background of Europe: The crisis of Mali – AARMS, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2013, pp. 247-271
• Western Sahara and Migration, AARMS, Volume 13, Issue 2, 2014, pp. 251-260
• Hungarian soldiers in EUTM MALI - Tradecraft Review, Periodical of the Military National Security Service, 2014, 2. Special Issue, pp. 518-125
• Can the „Arab Spring” present a real threat to Europe? Strategic Impact (Romania), ISSN 1841-5784, No. 50., 1/2014, pp. 32-44
• The participation of Hungarian soldiers in UN peacekeeping operations in Angola - Proelium - Revista cientifica da academia Militar (Portugal), Serie VII, no. 9, 2015., pp. 121-137
• Not the invention of ISIS: Terrorists among immigrants, Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues, (2015) Volume 5, Number 1, pp
• Security preconditions: Understanding migratory routes, Journal of Security and Sustainability Issues, (2016, September) Volume 6, Number 1, pp. 5–26
• One of the new competitors in Africa: Turkey - AARMS (Scientific Journal of the National University of Public Service, Hungary), Volume 11, Issue 1. 2012, pp. 135-148
• The first anniversary of the „Arab Spring” – What kind of change have taken place since then - Tradecraft Review, Periodical of the Military National Security Service, 2012, 2. Special Issue, 5-16
• Arab Spring, Christian Fall? – The situation of Christian minorities in the Middle East after the Arab Spring – International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya, 2013.
• UN peacekeeping in Namibia – Tradecraft Review, Periodical of the Military National Security Service, 2013, 1. Special Issue, 93-109.
• Tunisia’s Security Concerns - AARMS (Scientific Journal of the National University of Public Service, Hungary), Volume 14, Issue 1. 2015, pp. 5-21
• The Emergence and activity of Tunesia’s most fearful terrorist group, Strategic Impact (54), issue: 1 / 2015, 137-150