The Bomb Was Horrifying. The Alternatives Would Have Been Worse.
Historical records show that dropping atomic bombs was the least bad option.
Viktor Orban has put billions of dollars behind a soft-power strategy focused on attracting conservative American thinkers.
A little more carrot and a little less stick got Budapest on board with the EU over a big Ukraine aid package.
Europe’s illiberal alliance is disintegrating. Don’t get your hopes up though.
No matter what Moscow does, Hungary’s prime minister consistently carries water for the Kremlin.
Budapest’s faux state of emergency is meant to appease Putin and cement Orban’s hold on power.
By dividing the Visegrad Group, Russia’s invasion gives Europe’s mainstream an opportunity to fight back.
Hungary’s prime minister will likely win a fourth consecutive election with an original political formula.
Hopes have faded for Hungary’s united opposition, but Budapest’s neutrality on Russia’s war in Ukraine has cost Orban in Europe.
Hungary’s prime minister is committed to splitting the difference between Brussels and Moscow.
For 12 years, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has carried water for Putin. Now, he’s wavering.
What looked like the first and best chance to unseat Orban is bogged down by infighting and inertia.
A unified democratic alliance finally has the chance to beat Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party in elections early next year.
Europe’s “illiberal democrat” is on a quest to remake the continent’s politics.
After three straight electoral victories by Viktor Orban, an unlikely coalition senses a chance to halt the country’s slide into authoritarianism.
Lashing out at vulnerable minorities is the hallmark of a weak bully who fears losing power.
Can European far-right parties overcome their differences and boost their clout in Brussels?
In Eastern European countries that have accepted the Russian vaccine, destabilization has followed.
European parties were supposed to create a European democracy. Instead, they’ve given cover to bad actors.