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Péter Dósa, Rory Truex, Kim Lane Scheppele
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The Hungary Report follows Hungary through the uneasy aftermath of Orbán, as the country attempts to reassemble its public life. It records the slow, often uneasy labour of restoring democracy after years of deliberate unravelling.

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  • Péter Dósa

    Founder and editor of The Hungary Report. I write about Hungarian politics, Orbánism, and democratic repair, using personal memory, an exile-adjacent perspective, and sarcasm to make sense of a country going through democratic rebirth.

  • Rory Truex

    Political science and public policy professor at Princeton focused on authoritarianism. Host of the Civic Forum, a podcast about the biggest issues facing democracy, in the US and elsewhere.

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    Princeton faculty member tracking backsliding democracies and defending the rule of law.

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