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Viktor Orban was a hero. What happened
Viktor Orbán, once Hungarian democracy’s greatest champion, is now its greatest enemy, while Republicans in America cheer on ...
Elizabeth Shackelford: How to spot autocracy’s rise
Elizabeth Shackelford is senior policy director at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding and a ...
Analysis: In the age of Trump, global authoritarianism continues its advance
Two studies released this week, by Freedom House and the Economist Intelligence Unit, found international democracy in ...
‘His way has to be the model’: Team Trump turns to Hungarian strongman for inspiration on higher ed
For American conservatives, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary is willing to do what it takes to reclaim universities from the left.
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Orbán-Backed Think Tank Breached Lobbying Rules, Claims EU Watchdog
A Hungarian think tank closely linked to autocratic leader Viktor Orbán has been accused of breaking EU lobbying guidelines ...
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‘A friend and ally’: How ties between the American right and Hungary’s strongman proliferated
In December, a month after the presidential election, Viktor Orbán ... state power to achieve conservative ends. Trump, like Orban, has also been criticized for ignoring constraints on ...
DOGE Gets a Foreign Ally
The near-total freeze on foreign aid from the United States has many vocal detractors, but it also has passionate backers—and ...
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Why is Hungary’s Viktor Orban cozying up to both Putin and Trump?
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has long been a headache for European leaders who try to take a hard line on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Orban, a long-time ...
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Turkey’s slow boil into authoritarianism
This article is part of a series from countries that have experienced an authoritarian turn from democracy ... in scanning the daily news and throwing out a joke—has Hungary’s Viktor Orbán harassed ...