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Published in: HomePolitical violence, civic space and human rights defence in the era of populism and authoritarianismAcademics and international donors alike have only recently considered targeted political violence as an integral...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy our media is wrong to say proportional representation helps the extreme rightThe UK media likes to blame far right gains elsewhere – as in Sweden’s recent election – on PR. In fact the evidence...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Refugees banned, tourists welcome: a journey through Hungary's rural westHungary’s hinterlands shed light on the rise of Orban's populist nationalism.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Will Salvini copy Orbán in the fight against NGOs?Italian Minister of Interior Matteo Salvini, admirer of Orbán, has harshly criticized NGOs whose ships save migrants...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Hungary and the end of democracyHungary has taken its leave of democracy and has transformed itself into a dictatorship.
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Published in: openIndiaSubverting democracy without vote-riggingRecent events in some prominent democratic nations have highlighted the internal threats that are hard to see and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Liberals against nationalism in Central Europe? It would have been a nice ideaThe problem with Central European liberal anti-nationalism is not that it went too far, but that it never really existed.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Hungary: left without a party in a two-party systemOpposition voters may be left party-less in the Hungarian two-party system unless opposition politicians carry out a...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Understanding the rise of Orbán: a lesson for western democracies in crisisCapitalism without oversight has the inherent possibility to destroy democracy – no matter how long it has been...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The illiberal tandem vs EuropeIt’s not only the language and resetting of the agenda that the ruling parties of Hungary and Poland have in common....
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Published in: HomePopulism, Trump, and the future of democracyThe most popular political philosopher of his generation makes an invaluable contribution to openDemocracy's debate...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Hungary threatens the European Union – a photo essay from Budapest"I joined a massive demonstration against the Orbán supremacy a week after the election, on Saturday afternoon 14...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why the EU condones human rights violations of refugees in HungaryWhile politicians such as Merkel polish their shining armour, the dirty job done at Europe’s periphery shelters them...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Hungary’s regime is proof that capitalism can be deeply authoritarianBlaming citizens for their alleged populist or anti-democratic turn is misleading. Without the active involvement of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A shared sense of media freedom is alive and ready to strike backThe author’s speech at the Budapest award ceremony of the European Press Prize, March 14, 2018, with closing words...
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Published in: HomeThe populist valuation bubble: a shock loss for Orbán and its lessons for democratsThe populists’ new power game – in which Orbán is a more advanced player than Trump – is aimed at shaping the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?From Afrin to GhoutaThe egalitarian, feminist and socialist enclaves created by the Kurdish left are attacked with particular ferocity...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Austrian passports for South Tyroleans are fine – or almost soThere is one thing calculated to diffuse Europe's nationalisms: the feeling a person can have – or develop over time...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Milo Yiannopoulos, product of the crisis of post-modern politicsA troll who might as well be the new prototype of the 21st-century politician, what Milo does to us is what we have...
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Published in: oDRPhotographing the 20th centuryHungarian artist Peter Puklus talks about his photography book The Epic Love Story of a Warrior, European history of...
