✍️ Peru’s democracy is eroding not through aspiring autocrats but through exhaustion. Entrenched informality hollows out authority and turns governance into a marketplace of deals rather than a system of rules, @eljorobado.bsky.social argues in his op-ed. 🇵🇪🇵🇪 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3hdcnjjb

🎙️ In our new podcast, @ashkingdon.bsky.social and @lubardab.bsky.social discuss how both the far-right and the far-left mobilize ecological ideas, often drawing from the same language of resistance. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a

✍️ Southeast Asia shows how democracy’s openness can be weaponized. Flexible illiberalism, the art of using democratic institutions to pursue illiberal ends, reveals how democracy endures not by collapsing, but by changing hands, Aqida Salma argues in her op-ed. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4xv4vyte

🎙️ In the new podcast of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Dean Jackson and Samuel Woolley discuss the ways in which AI could strain, or even crack, the foundations of democracies. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4t2z3p3c

Join us for this film screening, followed by a discussion! 📽️👥 🗣️ Adrian Favell 🗣️ Pavel Bandakov 🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social 🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social 🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET 📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15 Details: 👉 cutt.ly/6r3eHsOx Registration: 👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0

Mark your calendar for this lecture and discussion! 🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int 🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social 🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque 🗣️ András Sajó 🗣️ Renáta Uitz 🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET 📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15 Details: 👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84 Registration: 👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0

🔴 LIVE NOW 🔴 Follow the roundtable, co-hosted with our journal, the @revdem2020.bsky.social, featuring László Bruszt, Pedro Abramovay, @cqschneider.bsky.social, Fiona Tregenna, and Zsuzsanna Szelényi! 📹👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uay3...

🎙️ In the latest episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Jennifer Cyr and @fromagehomme.bsky.social reflect on why projects of re-democratization after periods of authoritarian rule often fail in the long term. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/pasz7maz

✍️ Being considered the architect of the BRICS group, China successfully blends both far-left and far-right elements to design a hybrid ideological identity, aligned with its worldview, Giullia Neagu writes in her op-ed. 🇨🇳🇨🇳 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4y3cta8d

🎙️ In the new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @semuhi.bsky.social and @lucanway.bsky.social reflect on capitalism’s enduring imperfections while presenting it as a plausible force for democratic change. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2mdcv2cw

👥 The Budapest Forum, co-organized by the Municipality of Budapest, Political Capital, and us returns to discuss the most pressing issues facing citizens of democratic and nominally democratic countries. 📅 Sept 17 Details and registration: 👉 budapestforum.org

🎙️ In this new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @stanleysbill.bsky.social and @benstanley.eu discuss the challenges, dilemmas, and paradoxes of liberalism after illiberalism in Poland. 🇵🇱🇵🇱 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3kaezn2y

🎙️ In Part 2 of our latest episode in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social explains how Turkey’s opposition is pushing back against an increasingly hegemonic regime. 🇹🇷🇹🇷 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/te3m6wkr

🎙️ In Part 1 of our latest podcast in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social unpacks how Turkey’s competitive authoritarian regime is veering toward full autocracy. 🇹🇷🇹🇷 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/mw9dpb83

🎙️ In this new episode of our podcast series created in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @richheydarian.bsky.social discusses the Philippines’ dynastic democracy and political prospects in a truly global framework. 🇵🇭🇵🇭 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/bdhmynrn

🎙️ In the latest episode of our special series produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @paolososa.bsky.social and Moisés Arce discuss the rise of legislative authoritarianism and explore its implications both in theory and in practice. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/5vm466x8

🎙️ In our new podcast, Balazs Trencsenyi offers a sweeping re-narration of modern European intellectual history through the lens of “crisis,” not only as an analytical category, but as a powerful tool of political mobilization. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4jjek43h

🎙️ In our new podcast, @samuelmoyn.bsky.social discusses the risks of focusing too heavily on legality in the fight against rising authoritarianism. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3tkf9ymj

🎙️ In the new, special episode of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @frankfukuyama.bsky.social and Beatriz Magaloni discuss with Ece Özbey why democratic legitimacy increasingly hinges on governments’ ability to deliver tangible results. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/w4y8x92b

🎙️ In the new episode of our monthly special in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Serhii Plokhii discusses the key aspects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the clash between democracy and autocracy. 🇺🇦🇷🇺 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/mvuszh6y

✍️ Mexico is preparing for an unprecedented judicial election. @micaelaalterio.bsky.social explores how a process framed as democratization could entrench power, undermine judicial independence, and usher in a new phase of autocratic legalism. 🇲🇽🧑‍⚖️ 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/ytvtxm6d

✍️ In the second part of his article, @danielhegedus.bsky.social analyzes the impact of the termination of US Government Assistance on the implementer landscape and the indirect political implications in the CEE region. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/e3uzaye7

✍️ In the first part of his article, @danielhegedus.bsky.social recounts the background of the termination of US Government Assistance and its immediate financial consequences for the CSO sector in Central and Eastern Europe. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4zfkzvfj

How does excessive wealth harm democracy? Can hyper-wealth produce public goods? How can we contain excessive wealth? 🔜👥Our conference will focus on these questions. 🗓️June 23-24 📍Budapest / online Details: 👉 tinyurl.com/2u2cwcvv Registration: 👉 tinyurl.com/vn7ttypu

The very last day of cross-hub workshops in the project in Budapest @ceudeminst.bsky.social 🥹 The fellows discussed how they could use AI for their own research projects. @littvay.bsky.social

At @michalwawrykiewicz.bsky.social stellar Rule of Law panel with ia @verajourova.bsky.social @jmorijn.bsky.social at🇪🇺EP I mentioned @ceudeminst.bsky.social RoL Clinic's Shadow Report papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... & EU's own lawless practices: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @weareceu.bsky.social

✍️The CJEU decision to declare “golden passport” schemes incompatible with EU law is a victory for anti-corruption activists and journalists, but it also has some perils. @anjabossow.bsky.social examines the potential implications of the judgement. 🧑‍⚖️🛂 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2hdyfhem

🎙️ In our new podcast, investigative journalist and historian @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social discusses the little-known origins of the Schengen Agreement—long celebrated as a cornerstone of European integration and free movement. 🇪🇺🛃 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3h3eamhw

Mark your calendars for this public lecture on American-Chinese relations! 🗣️ Orville Schell 🗓️ May 13, 5pm CET 📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13 Details: 👉 cutt.ly/orlOpWgc Registration: 👉 cutt.ly/brlOpPGr

✍️ In the first piece of our series commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, @ferenclaczo.bsky.social analyzes opposing interpretations of 1945 that form the ideological core of today’s confrontation between Russia and Central and Eastern Europe. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/49mwenea

Join us and @ceudeminst.bsky.social to discuss the concept of the #Anthropocene! 🗓️ May 16, 5pm CET 🔴📽️ Online on YouTube 🗣️ Julia Adeney Thomas 🗣️ Gregers Andersen 🗣️ Stefan Gaarsmand Jacobsen 🗣️ Sabine Höhler 🗣️ Zev Trachtenberg 🗣️ Alexandra Medzibrodszky Details: 👉 cutt.ly/nrlzslI4

🗳️ Democracy, Illiberal Alternatives & Culture Wars 📍CEU | 🗓️ May 19 | 🕐 1–7PM Top scholars unpack polarization, populism, nationalism & more. Co-hosted by CEU & Georgetown. 💡Full program: bit.ly/3EE36qL #Democracy #CultureWars #CEU

🎙️ In the new episode of our monthly special in cooperation with the @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @dnsltr.bsky.social discusses the authoritarian origins of the third wave of democratization. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/mryuz6tw

✍️ With the ongoing judicial reforms, the Italian government’s conflict with the judiciary has reached a new phase. In her op-ed, @benedettalobina.bsky.social examines the proposed changes and assesses their impact on the rule of law in Italy. 🇮🇹🧑‍⚖️ 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/ymv42p4k

EU's illiberal turn continues with bashing citizens, who have only a "legal" connection to a state. No law is necassary to attack & defraud them.You could be next: eulawlive.com/op-ed-never-... @politico.eu @mpc-eui.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social @profjacob.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social

Join us discussing how Central & Eastern Europe is adapting to global economic fragmentation with Jan Boguslawski, László Bruszt, Visnja Vukov & yours truly. 📅April 29 ⏲️3 PM CEST RSVP 👇 gmfus.org/event/geo-ec... @engagingce.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social @ceudeminst.bsky.social

✍️ In the second part of his article, @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social explores the Turkish democracy movement’s evolving strategies, emerging alliances, and political stakes for #Turkey’s future. 🇹🇷 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/ms8ftkjw

⚠️Catch22 for🇺🇦Ukraine: "accession through war",vital first--candidacy unthinkabke without Putin's war--makes it more difficult later: updated Art2 scrutiny, possible reversal of wartime findings. Yet, peace is key: import of war🚫❗️ doi.org/10.1017/err.... @stevepeers.bsky.social @profjacob.bsky.social

✍️ In the first part of his article, @muratsomer-eng.bsky.social analyzes how the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor triggered mass resistance and united the long-divided social and political opposition in #Turkey. 🇹🇷 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/mu6syjes #TurkeyProtests

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✍️ Ece Özbey traces the chilling implications of the deepening erosion of democratic norms and judicial independence in Turkey—and the defiant stirrings of civic resistance under Erdogan’s tightening grip on the country. 🇹🇷 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2y7syehe

✍️ In his op-ed, Oliver Money-Kyrle (@globalfreemedia.bsky.social) analyzes the threat of #mediacapture in Europe, examining how governments manipulate media and what measures are needed to safeguard editorial independence. 🗞️📰 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/9ucbduk9

✍️ Erasing health and education data and cutting research funding threaten evidence-based policymaking, mirroring tactics of autocratic regimes to obscure transparency and suppress inconvenient truths, Vera Messing writes in her op-ed. 📊❌ 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/63d7y87f

🗓 March 25 | ⏰ 16.30 CET |📍Online 🔍 What is the role of the EU in safeguarding democratic integrity against foreign information manipulation and interference? 🗣️ Join Nad'a Kovalcikova (EUISS), Vassilis Ntousas & Péter Krekó @gmfus.bsky.social 👉Register: www.authlib.eu/combating-fi...

🎙️ In the latest episode of our Democracy After 2024 series, Karolina Wigura discusses Poland’s current role in Europe and the changing polarization between liberal and illiberal forces. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4exysht3

🎙️ In our new #podcast, produced in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @richardwike.bsky.social (@pewresearch.org) presents the key facts of the growing dissatisfaction with the way #democracy works. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/yrztfadc

📢Working Paper Alert! In the age of spin dictatorships, propaganda isn’t just a tool of autocrats—it’s seeping into democracies, too. Péter Krekó (Political Capital, @gmfus.bsky.social) explores how modern regimes use social media to manipulate public opinion. www.authlib.eu/peter-kreko-...

🎙️ In the new episode of the Democracy After 2024 series, Denys Tereshchenko hosts Margarita Zavadskaya to discuss asymmetries of power between state and civil society in Russia, and reasons behind the failure of anti-war protests. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/3tbcr6y2

🎙️ In our new podcast, Kenneth Roth explains what has made the strategies of @hrw.org distinct in the world of human rights-related advocacy and activism. 🎧 Listen to it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/4crznkj5

✍️🔖 “The colonial legacy is certainly a distinguishing feature of disinformation in Africa,” Susanna De Stefani writes in her review of the volume edited by @phatcontroller.bsky.social and George Hamandishe Karekwaivanane. 🧑‍💻 Read it now: 👉 tinyurl.com/2yhuw92u