@ceudeminst.bsky.social
The CEU Democracy Institute builds on CEUβs tradition of world-class research and societal engagement, focusing on the decline and revival of democracies. π https://democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/
ποΈ In our new podcast, produced in collaboration with the @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Galo Mayorga and @kaimthaler.bsky.social discuss how state weakness, militarized security policies, and public fear are reshaping Ecuadorβs democracy. πͺπ¨πͺπ¨
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ποΈ In our new podcast produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @raschwartz.bsky.social discusses how logistical failures, elite conflict, and long-term democratic erosion combined to the uncertainty surrounding the elections in Honduras. ππ³ππ³π³οΈ
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ποΈ In this exclusive end-of-year conversation with our Co-Managing Editor Ece Γzbey, Nobel Prize-winning political economist @dacemoglumit.bsky.social reflects on what 2025 revealed and failed to resolve about the state of democracy.
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ποΈ In our new podcast, Pedro Abramovay (@open-society.bsky.social) offers a wide-ranging analysis of the rise of illiberal forces in Latin America and the democratic vulnerabilities they exploit.
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ποΈ In the new episode of our podcast series produced in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @nateschenkkan.bsky.social examines transnational repression: a practice where states pursue individuals and groups beyond their own borders.
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βοΈ In the first op-ed of his new series, @danielhegedus.bsky.social outlines the strategic framework for a reorientation of the foreign policy of a future democratic Hungary, mapping the challenges, trade-offs, and opportunities. ππΊππΊ
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βοΈ Across the world, strongmen follow the same playbook to dismantle democracy. But their favorite tool could also become their greatest weakness if democracyβs defenders learn to flip the script, Filip Milacic writes in his op-ed.
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ππ₯π§ββοΈ At the @ceudeminst.bsky.socialβs Rule of Law Clinic, ArtΕ«rs KuΔs, Judge of the @echr.coe.int, analyzed how courts shape the understanding and protection of the rule of law in Europe.
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ποΈ In our new podcast produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Maya Tudor argues that todayβs decline in trust in democracy stems from misconceptions about its achievements.
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βοΈ Peruβs 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. π΅πͺπ΅πͺ
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ποΈ 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.
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βοΈ Southeast Asia shows how democracyβs 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.
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ποΈ 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.
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Join us for this film screening, followed by a discussion! π½οΈπ₯
π£οΈ Adrian Favell
π£οΈ Pavel Bandakov
π£οΈ @sarahganty.bsky.social
π£οΈ @cobrien.bsky.social
ποΈ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
π Budapest, Nador u. 15
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Mark your calendar for this lecture and discussion!
π£οΈ ArtΕ«rs KuΔs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
π£οΈ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
π£οΈ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
π£οΈ AndrΓ‘s SajΓ³
π£οΈ RenΓ‘ta Uitz
ποΈ Nov 7, 1pm CET
π Budapest, Nador u. 15
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π΄ LIVE NOW π΄
Follow the roundtable, co-hosted with our journal, the @revdem2020.bsky.social, featuring LΓ‘szlΓ³ Bruszt, Pedro Abramovay, @cqschneider.bsky.social, Fiona Tregenna, and Zsuzsanna SzelΓ©nyi!
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ποΈ 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.
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βοΈ 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. π¨π³π¨π³
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ποΈ In the new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @semuhi.bsky.social and @lucanway.bsky.social reflect on capitalismβs enduring imperfections while presenting it as a plausible force for democratic change.
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π₯ 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.
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Sept 17
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ποΈ 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. π΅π±π΅π±
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ποΈ In Part 2 of our latest episode in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social explains how Turkeyβs opposition is pushing back against an increasingly hegemonic regime. πΉπ·πΉπ·
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ποΈ In Part 1 of our latest podcast in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social unpacks how Turkeyβs competitive authoritarian regime is veering toward full autocracy. πΉπ·πΉπ·
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ποΈ In this new episode of our podcast series created in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @richheydarian.bsky.social discusses the Philippinesβ dynastic democracy and political prospects in a truly global framework. π΅ππ΅π
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ποΈ In the latest episode of our special series produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @paolososa.bsky.social and MoisΓ©s Arce discuss the rise of legislative authoritarianism and explore its implications both in theory and in practice.
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ποΈ In our new podcast, Balazs Trencsenyi offers a sweeping re-narration of modern European intellectual history through the lens of βcrisis,β not only as an analytical category, but as a powerful tool of political mobilization.
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ποΈ In our new podcast, @samuelmoyn.bsky.social discusses the risks of focusing too heavily on legality in the fight against rising authoritarianism.
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ποΈ In the new, special episode of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @frankfukuyama.bsky.social and Beatriz Magaloni discuss with Ece Γzbey why democratic legitimacy increasingly hinges on governmentsβ ability to deliver tangible results.
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ποΈ In the new episode of our monthly special in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Serhii Plokhii discusses the key aspects of Russiaβs war in Ukraine, the clash between democracy and autocracy. πΊπ¦π·πΊ
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βοΈ 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. π²π½π§ββοΈ
π§βπ» Read it now:
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