How the struggle between undemocratic liberalism and ‘illiberal democracy’ came to define Western politics
I reclaimed my Hungarian citizenship just in time to vote in Sunday’s historic election
From neoconservatism to integralist cosplay to active worship of China and Russia, the ‘post-liberal’ right has had a giddy five years
Opposing views on the state of Viktor Orbán’s country
L’Affaire Nyírő
Was dumping Imre Kertész from the school curriculum an act of state anti-Semitism? A letter of reply.
In an attempt to Make Hungary Great Again, the populist government digs up some musty anti-Semitic nationalists for its recommended reading lists instead
The 30th anniversary of the nation’s liberation is troubled not only by its past but also by its present
For millennia Europe was the center of diaspora life but as Jews continue fleeing the continent, by the end of this century all that’s left will be a Jewish graveyard
Israel’s alliance with illiberal regimes can be necessary and justified but not when they embolden anti-Semitic dog whistles
A new dispatch from Budapest on the anti-immigrant, authoritarian takeover of civil society that’s winning voters and inspiring right-wing populists around the world
A personal quest becomes political, as Prime Minister Viktor Orbán transforms a once-flourishing democracy into the vanguard of new European authoritarian nationalism. A report for Hungary’s National Day.
“If there will be ministers there for the Freedom Party, and I’m sure there will be, I will not be able to shake their hands,” Oskar Deutsch told Makor Rishon
No matter what you think of the philanthropist’s politics, the campaign targeting him targets us all
The Marxist philosopher’s views do not apparently sync with those of Viktor Orbán’s Hungarian government
Many worry it will be window-dressing for politicians who want to be seen remembering the Shoah but ignore today’s anti-Semitism
Following a yearlong freeze, a crisis is sidestepped
WJC chief waffles after condemning Hungarian PM’s inaction
