Hungary

In Hungary, March 15th is a day of remembrance. A national holiday commemorating the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, which marked the start of the War of Independence against the Habsburgs.…

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Biden Should Remove Trump Appointee With White Nationalist Ties

February 22, 2021

Given the many events in the lame-duck period of President Trump’s term of office, it is understandable if you missed the November 19, 2020 appointment of Darren Beattie to the Commission for…

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Amidst the Pandemic, Central and Eastern Europe Witnesses an Erosion of Democracy

January 11, 2021

Nearly a year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, its effects on people’s lives, countries’ economies and health care around the world are becoming clearer. In some Central and…

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Conversations with Members of the Hungarian Radical Right

October 8, 2020

Introduction “I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know how to process what was happening, only by going on living my life and being afraid of gypsies” explained Péter*,…

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Grieving Greater Hungary: Trianon, Orbán, and the Hungarian radical right

September 22, 2020

In the Hungarian collective memory, few events evoke as much emotion as the Treaty of Trianon. Referring to the peace treaty signed at the Grand Trianon Palace at Versailles on…

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COVID-19 Could Be A Harbinger Of Authoritarianism

May 30, 2020

Radical right governments are exploiting COVID-19 as an excuse to expand their power. There are few worse culprits than Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. In his televised 9 April Easter message, the…

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What Hungary’s Nationalist Farmers Have Against Orban

May 6, 2020

The Hungarian far right envisages agricultural alternatives to Viktor Orban’s populism. Balint is a 30-year-old PhD student from northern Hungary, with expertise in organic farming and environmentally friendly agriculture. Well…

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February 2020: a busy month for Europe’s radical right

February 13, 2020

The continent’s radical right fringes might be able to end the month with a victory at the ballot box. February 2020 will be a busy month for some of the…

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Is the radical right really anti-climate? Some evidence from Hungary

June 3, 2019

From the Inaugural CARR Conference For three days, the Richmond University in London was not only the site of insightful and thought-provoking presentations during the inaugural CARR conference, but also…

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A short account on the experience of interviewing the far-right: anticipating ‘that’ moment

April 12, 2019

As I was anxiously finishing my beer and looking around an empty and fusty pub in inner Budapest, the prospects of my fieldwork and research appeared rather gloomy. I, a…

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Hungary’s Extreme-Right Party And Its Fight Against COVID-19 Measures

Biden Should Remove Trump Appointee With White Nationalist Ties

Amidst the Pandemic, Central and Eastern Europe Witnesses an Erosion of Democracy

Conversations with Members of the Hungarian Radical Right

Grieving Greater Hungary: Trianon, Orbán, and the Hungarian radical right

COVID-19 Could Be A Harbinger Of Authoritarianism

What Hungary’s Nationalist Farmers Have Against Orban

February 2020: a busy month for Europe’s radical right

Is the radical right really anti-climate? Some evidence from Hungary

A short account on the experience of interviewing the far-right: anticipating ‘that’ moment

Third Rome: Will Russia Save Europe From Itself?

The Dangers of France’s New Radical Right Conspiracist Guru: The case of Mia Montemaggi and the Conspiracy theorist Rémy Daillet-Wiedemann

The FBI’s 2020 Hate Crime Report Shows 12-Year High, But Spotlights Underreporting

Profile of Austrian Nazi and Holocaust perpetrator, Odilo Globocnik

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