Hungary

The tragic figure behind the Hungarian populist leader’s efforts to remake his country’s theater.

The EU’s budget deal shows that the club has long given up on rule of law in its member states.

Hungary’s prime minister has used the pandemic to drain power from one of the last sources of opposition to his rule.

A look at how protests, political violence, and conflict have played out during the pandemic.

Viktor Orban’s emergency rule by decree has ended for now, but the return to illiberal politics as usual incites fear and stifles dissent.

The United States can learn from the graveyards of fallen regimes worldwide.

Liberals have changed the region for the better—but don’t perceive its sense of loss.

Hungary’s authoritarian leader has granted himself dictatorial powers, but his neglect of the country’s health system and his powerlessness in the face of a depreciating currency will come back to haunt him.

A February gathering in Rome outlined a muddled vision for the future, claiming the mantle of Ronald Reagan and St. John Paul II while indulging the far-right.

Market response to the coronavirus, China deflecting blame, and the dawn of post-democratic Europe.

Governments around the world are banning fake news about the crisis—and cracking down on their critics while they’re at it.

While the world is shut down, history hasn’t stopped. Authoritarians are seizing the opportunity.

Hungary has used the pandemic to abandon its last vestiges of democracy—and to dare the EU to do anything about it.

City-level opposition could be the key to defeating populism in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and beyond.

Why Hungary and Russia might have wanted to shape the U.S. president’s views on Ukraine.

After upcoming elections in Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania, healing Europe’s east-west divide will be more urgent than ever.

PiS won by offering provincial voters social benefits that transformed their lives. If Poland’s opposition wants to defeat the illiberal ruling party, it will have to offer an alternative welfare state model.

Opposing the compromise candidate for EU commission president will further empower populists and Euroskeptics.