The Limits of Electoral Autocracy: Lessons from Orbán’s Fall
After 16 years in power, Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz was defeated within the very electoral system it had engineered to entrench its rule. Hungary’s 2026 election shows that electoral autocracies can be more vulnerable than they appear. They can be defeated when democratic opposition forces adapt strategically, coordinate across sectors, and are ready and able to capitalize on moments of declining regime legitimacy.
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Book Reviews
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20.04.2026
After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order
After Nations by Rana Dasgupta traces the rise and unraveling of the global nation-state system, exploring why American hegemony is declining, liberal institutions are losing [...]
1.04.2026
Revisiting Sloterdijk’s Out of the World: Freedom in an Age of Withdrawal?
In this light, we can grasp the core of Sloterdijk’s philosophical anthropology, which is that humans increasingly live “out of the world”, giving rise to a sort of [...]
Podcasts and interviews
All Interviews and Podcasts29.04.2026
The “Ukraine Question” in Hungarian Culture Today – Diána Vonnák on Bilaterial Relations, Questions of Responsibility, and Paths Forward
In our new podcast, Diána Vonnák discusses the recent past and present state of relations between Hungary and Ukraine. Focusing on questions of scholarship, culture and media, the conversation [...]
27.04.2026
When Populism Can be Good: A Conversation with Pepper Culpepper
In this episode of our podcast series produced in collaboration with the Journal of Democracy, we discuss with Pepper Culpepper the article When Populism Can be Good, jointly written by Pepper [...]