Hungary votes on Sunday. What will this mean for its relationship with Europe? Josef Janning - April 6, 2018 [caption id="attachment_71839" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Fireworks light up Budapest on May
How flawed constitutions undermine democracy Victor Menaldo and Michael Albertus - February 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69689" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A replica of the Liberty Bell stands
Hungary and Slovakia challenged Europe’s refugee scheme. They just lost badly. Melissa Carlson, Laura Jakli, and Katerina Linos - September 8, 2017 On Wednesday morning, the European Court of Justice turned down
Across the globe, governments are cracking down on civic organizations. This is why. Kendra Dupuy, James Ron, and Aseem Prakash - July 5, 2017 [caption id="attachment_60633" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A boy eats out of a
Trump isn’t a huge fan of NATO. But his complaints are off target. James Goldgeier - May 24, 2017 Although there was relief in Europe when President Trump declared last
So is the wave of populist nationalism finished? Hardly. Pippa Norris - May 17, 2017 Commentators are proclaiming that the nationalist populist wave has stalled.
Hungary’s government is increasingly autocratic. What is the European Parliament doing about it? Maurits Meijers and Harmen van der Veer - May 3, 2017 On April 5, the Hungarian parliament passed a law that
How Erdogan won more power but lost legitimacy in Turkey’s constitutional referendum A. Kadir Yildirim - April 20, 2017 This is how liberty dies in Turkey with thunderous applause (and alleged electoral fraud).
Worried about the decline in democracy? Worry about the politicians, not the voters. Matthias Matthijs and Erik Jones - April 11, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54524" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Virginians received “I voted” stickers at
Hungary’s government wants to shut down its most prominent university. That may be backfiring. Henry Farrell - April 10, 2017 [caption id="attachment_56659" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People protest the bill that would