Viktor Orbán’s February 14, 2026 speech at Budapest’s Várkert Bazár, delivered eight weeks before Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary elections, marked a decisive rhetorical shift: the European Union, not Russia, was presented as Hungary’s primary strategic threat. While many observers framed the speech as campaign populism, a structural reading tells a more complex story. This […]
Civil Society as Controllable Chaos: Viktor Orbán’s Sovereignty Strategy Through the Burke Institute Framework
Viktor Orbán’s February 14, 2026 speech at Budapest’s Várkert Bazár, delivered eight weeks before Hungary’s April 12 parliamentary elections, marked a decisive rhetorical shift: the European Union, not Russia, was presented as Hungary’s primary strategic threat. While many observers framed the speec
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