Get realist: How the EU can secure its position amid great power rivalry
Europeans should take seriously the thinking of figures such as John Mearsheimer. If they are unable to answer his critiques, they might thereby prove his point
Experts & Staff
Tibor Dessewffy
Populist gegenpressing: Why the EU shouldn’t expect Orban to back off
Anti-EU posters have again flooded the streets of Budapest. Hungary’s ‘actually existing populism’ can help explain why this hate ritual is becoming a tradition
Orban’s integrity office: Everything is legal but nothing is democratic
Viktor Orban has had 12 years to learn how to circumvent democratic reforms. The European Commission should bide its time in assessing whether to suspend funding to Hungary.
Mixmaster Orban: Why Hungary’s prime minister keeps changing his tune
The EU should not fall for Orban’s attempts to distance himself from Putin. The Hungarian leader may now present himself as a pillar of European unity but, fundamentally, he has not changed.
Hungary and the EU: When streetfighters enter coffee-houses
Viktor Orbán may reject the EU’s way of doing things. But the political maelstrom he has helped unleash could equally see him floored
In the mirror of the future
No one seems to care about 1989 anymore
What’s Left Now?
As European progressives seeking to allay contemporary anxieties look to the singular success of their American counterparts for comfort, they may be inspired, but should not assume that this is a model for the careful recalibration which is needed in the ?Old continent’
What’s Left?
The neo-liberal discourse dominant in the last three decades has collapsed. But what is the state of the European Left?
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Get realist: How the EU can secure its position amid great power rivalry
Europeans should take seriously the thinking of figures such as John Mearsheimer. If they are unable to answer his critiques, they might thereby prove his point
Populist gegenpressing: Why the EU shouldn’t expect Orban to back off
Anti-EU posters have again flooded the streets of Budapest. Hungary’s ‘actually existing populism’ can help explain why this hate ritual is becoming a tradition
Orban’s integrity office: Everything is legal but nothing is democratic
Viktor Orban has had 12 years to learn how to circumvent democratic reforms. The European Commission should bide its time in assessing whether to suspend funding to Hungary.
Mixmaster Orban: Why Hungary’s prime minister keeps changing his tune
The EU should not fall for Orban’s attempts to distance himself from Putin. The Hungarian leader may now present himself as a pillar of European unity but, fundamentally, he has not changed.
Hungary and the EU: When streetfighters enter coffee-houses
Viktor Orbán may reject the EU’s way of doing things. But the political maelstrom he has helped unleash could equally see him floored
In the mirror of the future
No one seems to care about 1989 anymore
What’s Left Now?
As European progressives seeking to allay contemporary anxieties look to the singular success of their American counterparts for comfort, they may be inspired, but should not assume that this is a model for the careful recalibration which is needed in the ?Old continent’
What’s Left?
The neo-liberal discourse dominant in the last three decades has collapsed. But what is the state of the European Left?
In the media
Everything is legal but nothing is democratic (…) democratic institutions formally exist, but their actual functioning follows only [Orban’s] will
Tibor Dessewffy comments on Hungary’s recent parliamentary elections
Orban’s strategy for a long time has been to keep together his own camp, and that will be enough to win
Tibor Dessewffy comments on Hungary’s approach to Putin after his attack on Ukraine