Gábor Scheiring – The Conversation

The rise of populist leaders and movements is sometimes the partial result of people’s economic insecurities and worries about the future. Getty Images

June 26, 2024

Populism can degrade democracy but is on the rise − here’s what causes this political movement and how it can be weakened

Gábor Scheiring, Georgetown University; Independent Social Research Foundation

Economic insecurity is one factor that drives populism, a former politician from Hungary writes.

President Donald Trump shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán during a meeting in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

March 7, 2024

I watched Hungary’s democracy dissolve into authoritarianism as a member of parliament − and I see troubling parallels in Trumpism and its appeal to workers

Gábor Scheiring, Georgetown University; Independent Social Research Foundation

One of Donald Trump’s favorite politicians is the Hungarian authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán. Would a country led again by Trump embrace similar antidemocratic politics?

Victor Orban: Hungary’s prime minister. Stephanie Lecocq/Pool

September 8, 2020

Why businesses embrace populists and what to do about it: lessons from Hungary

Gábor Scheiring, Georgetown University; Independent Social Research Foundation

Fighting populism requires us to recognise its embeddedness in business elites. Viktor Orbán’s regime is a case in point.

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