Issue Editor’s Note

Throughout the period of nearly three years during which this issue was coming into life, our world was seriously shaken by numerous armed conflicts in Ukraine, in the Middle East, and Asia.Several other disconcerting issues of political, social, ideological, existential, or environmental nature have also emerged as troubling concerns often fomenting profound divides.The six international and four Hungarian contributions in the current issue of the Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies-now published by the international publishing house Sciendo/DeGruyter-reflect on such conflicts from multiple perspectives.The Brexit referendum in 2016 and the UK's consequential leave from the European Union revealed a great degree of fragmentation and division in British society-exposing multiple layers of social, economic, and political crises fueled by propaganda and manipulation that appealed to people's insecurities, fears, and (perplexed) sense of nationalism.The 51.89% vote in favor of leave served as a compelling experience, which has driven intellectuals in various fields to reflect on what happened and help discern and comprehend how Britain had got there.Scholars in the humanities have endeavored to offer a wide array of commentaries and analyses approaching the Brexit problem from multiple vantage points-as the first cluster of three outstanding contributions to this issue demonstrate.