Americans shouldn’t cry for Orban
Never ignore the voters. After 16 years in power, Hungary’s corpulent Prime Minister Viktor Orban lost touch with the conservative base that supported him from the start, believing...
Fidesz
Why Hungary’s two-faced Orbán deserves to lose his re-election bid
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary is on the ropes in his latest bid for reelection, down by double-digit margins in the latest polls. So he brought in a ringer. Vice President JD Vance, a star...
Op-eds
Russia Allegedly Meddles in Hungary’s Upcoming Elections
As Hungarian voters prepare for parliamentary elections in April, the contest is shaping up to be one of the toughest political challenges yet for Prime Minister Viktor Orban, whom President Donald Trump...
Policy Briefs
The Threat to the West Is Inside the House
The United States and Europe need to toughen up on the spoilers in their own ranks.
Op-eds
A ‘History-Cleansing’ Campaign
The arrest in Budapest last week of Laszlo Csatary - a 97-year-old former police officer accused of Holocaust-era war crimes...
Op-eds
Wrong Way Down the Danube
How Hungary's Democratic Backsliding Threatens Europe
Op-eds
Transylvanian Drama Over Fascist’s Ashes
In the scenic and enchanting lands of Transylvania, the ashes of a dead fascist have sparked a diplomatic incident. On May 27, the remains of Hungarian writer and politician Jozsef Nyiro...
Op-eds
Meet Europe’s New Fascists
Márton Gyöngyösi, a member of the Hungarian parliament, does not look the least bit like a neo-Nazi. That may be the most frightening thing about him. Born in 1977 to a...
Op-eds
Hungary’s Prime Minister Bites the Hand that Feeds Him
On March 15, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stood before nearly 100,000 of his fellow countrymen in Budapest and declared, “Hungarians will not live as foreigners dictate.&rdq...
Op-eds
Hungary’s Pit Bull Prime Minister
How one of Europe’s most celebrated anti-communists become the bad boy of the continent.
Op-eds
Radical Party Spokesman Says Jews ‘Colonizing’ Hungary
A spokesman for the anti-Jewish and pro-Iranian Jobbik political party in Hungary cast doubt last week on the veracity of the Holocaust in Hungary, compared Israel with Nazi Germany, and said Jew...