Lose Together, Win Alone: Opposition Lessons from Hungary and Turkey
In the new episode of our special series produced in collaboration with the Journal of Democracy, we are joined by Edgar Şar and Pelin Ayan Musil to discuss their article “Why Oppositions Lose Together and Win Alone,” published in the July 2026 issue.
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Lose Together, Win Alone: Opposition Lessons from Hungary and Turkey
In the new episode of our special series produced in collaboration with the Journal of Democracy, we are joined by Edgar Şar and Pelin Ayan Musil to discuss their article “Why Oppositions Lose [...]
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From Guilds to Pubs: The History of Democratic Practices (Part 2)
In the second part of our podcast, we discuss the thorny concept of crisis of democracy. As Camille Creyghton reminds us, this phrase is hardly new: “ As a historian, you also very early on [...]