Why Orban Won Again

Article for Project Syndicate with Dorottya Szikra on the economic electoral strategy of populist leader Viktor Orban, who won his fourth consecutive term as prime minister in March 2022.

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Mitchell Orenstein
Revolutions for Whom?

My article with Kristen Ghodsee in Project Syndicate:

As liberal elites both East and West commemorate the peaceful end of the Cold War and celebrate the successes of the last three decades, it is important to recognize how painful the post-communist transition was – and, for many, continues to be. That is why nostalgia for the economic security and social stability of the authoritarian past is growing.


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Mitchell Orenstein