Media
Beyond my academic research, I am passionate about making political science accessible to a broader audience through public engagement. I regularly write analyses and opinion pieces for international media outlets and provide commentary and background interviews to journalists.
My articles have previously appeared in the New Eastern Europe Magazine, The Diplomat, Visegrad Insight, Social Europe, and the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES), among others. I am also a contributing writer to the Hungarian Observer, an English-language newsletter on Hungarian politics, culture, and current affairs.
Below, you can find an overview of my media pieces and past media engagements. For enquiries, feel free to contact me here.
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Even if Victor Orbán is ousted on Sunday, Hungary’s return to liberal democracy is not guaranteed. (2026). With Cas Mudde in The Guardian.
Hungary Replaced Orbán – But Can It Replace His Foreign Policy Legacy? (2026). Review of Democracy.
Three Lessons From Hungary on How to Beat Competitive Authoritarianism. (2026). Talking Points Memo.
Hungary’s Creep Toward Autocracy Helped Inspire Trump. In 2 Days, Voters Will Try to Reverse It. (2026). Talking Points Memo.
Europe’s far right will look at Austria and say: this is how we do it. (2024). With Cas Mudde in The Guardian.
Will the centre-right enable the far-right in Austria at September’s election? (2024). EUobserver.
When ‘never again’ becomes ‘again and again’. (2024). Social Europe.
Normalising the far right: a warning from Austria. (2024). Social Europe.
Orbán’s Bid to Shape Hungary’s Next Generation Through Education Reform. (2023). Visegrad Insight.
How Fidesz’s irredentism strains neighbourly relations. (2023). New Eastern Europe, (03+04 (56)), 95-102.
Hungary’s Eastern Opening Policy as a Long-Term Political-Economic Strategy. AIES Fokus 4/2023.
How Hungary’s Russia connection undermines EU support for Ukraine. (2023). New Eastern Europe, (01+02 (55)), 75-81.
Exploiting every crisis: why the FPÖ is topping the polls. (2023). Social Europe.
China’s Growing Foothold in Hungary. (2023). The Diplomat.
Interview with the Belgian De Tijd on Orbán’s electoral defeat and the European far right here [in Dutch]
Interview with tageins.at on the far right its challenge to liberal democracy here [in German]
Interview with Cicivus on the far-right surge in Austria
I gave interviews and comments to international media outlets, including La Presse (Canada), Expresso (Portugal), Bloomberg (Hong Kong), Radio Free Europe, Deutsche Welle (DW), Austrian Public Broadcaster, and The Economist Video.
Furthermore, I have been quoted in various European media outlets (online, print, radio, and video), including the Financial Times, The Guardian, Reuters, Der Standard, The World programme, Oslobođenje, Courthouse News Service, Instick Media, Libération, El Salto, De Tijd, and Augsburger Allgemeine.
