Gabor Scheiring, PhD

It's an absolute honor that the Mayor of Budapest, Karácsony Gergely joined my book forum to discuss the state of democracy in Hungary....

Fighting populism requires recognising: globalisation contributed to enabling & stabilising illiberal populist regimes such as Orbán’s.

How can we interpret the characteristic steps of the Hungarian government to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic?

Death rates were strong predictors of the Trump Brexit votes. Rising working-class mortality signals both economic and democratic failure.

The government’s responses to Covid-19 correspond to the logic of Orbanomics: capitalism for the poor, socialism for the rich.

The health of people and the health of democracy are intertwined.

What do Italy and Hungary reveal about the political-economic background of the coronavirus crisis? My article in the Italian weekly Left.

The false Western sense of superiority endangers people.

The local government elections brought advances for the opposition but also new challenges for the left.

What are the deeper challenges facing contemporary left-wing class politics in Hungary?

Authoritarian leaders find it hard to tolerate independent voices, and academic freedom is no different. After Prime Minister of Hungary...

Blaming citizens for their alleged populist or anti-democratic turn is misleading. Without the active involvement of the economic elite,...

As the world awakens from the shock of Donald Trump being elected, liberals and people on the left have started to draw the conclusions....

The crisis of the Left, a post-communist peculiarity until just a few years ago, has become critical all over Europe. If the Left wants...

The ascent of right-wing hegemony in an increasing number of countries in Europe is forcing progressives to rethink their agendas and...