Review of Democracy

In this podcast recorded at the Budapest Forum, Benedek Jávor discusses the evolving relationship between the EU, the city of Budapest, and the Hungarian government, and reflects on the green transition. Listen to it: https://lnkd.in/emTCsG97

In our latest podcast recorded at the Budapest Forum, Nathalie Tocci discusses the direction the EU has taken in recent years, and considers what could change during the new European Commission headed by Ursula von der Leyen. Listen to it: https://lnkd.in/dEbBCSbX

In this interview with Oliver Garner, Tеtyana Antsupova and Sergii Koziakov share insights into their project on the judiciary in Ukraine in the context of the rule of law and EU accession aspirations.   Read it now: https://lnkd.in/dqNWd2cQ

Georgia approaches a pivotal parliamentary election. The ruling party continues to lead in polls, despite previous anti-government protests sparked by the controversial “foreign agents” bill, and opposition efforts to frame the ruling party as a Kremlin puppet, Vladimir Liparteliani writes. Read it now: https://lnkd.in/dZGsrWTF

In our latest podcast, recorded at the Budapest Forum, Mikuláš Dzurinda, President of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies and former Prime Minister of Slovakia, discusses Europe's rightward shift, Slovak-Hungarian ties, and Ukraine's NATO bid, among other topics. Listen to it now: https://lnkd.in/gsvTf8RS

Germany is facing an endemic crisis of its economic model as a whole, with the ruling left-liberal-green coalition also facing a crisis of moral authority, our editor, Dr. Kristóf Szombati, writes in his op-ed. Read it now: https://lnkd.in/dsT7WD6S

“Our desire for utopian solutions in times of crisis will prove incompatible with democracy, as history and political theory have shown,” Philipp Kneis writes in his op-ed. Read it now: https://lnkd.in/gQM8sk3G

In our latest podcast, Bernadett Sebály discusses the inception and development of the online database of protest events in Hungary between 1989–2010, and the importance of its place between activism and scholarly research in the Hungarian illiberal context. Listen to it now: https://lnkd.in/gpm3squP

In our latest podcast, Adam Kirsch discusses the ideology of settler colonialism, preferable traditions of the oppressed, and considers whether there are valuable elements in this ideology that would be worth salvaging. Listen to it now: https://lnkd.in/d3Dy93MM

In our latest podcast, Marietje Schaake discusses how tech companies have been eroding democracy and what makes their growing power into a systemic problem. Listen to it now: https://lnkd.in/dtGrw32b