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…e Singapore, China, India, Russia, and Turkey.” • In a passage devoted to the obstacles facing his own political party, Fidesz, as it seeks to build an alternative to liberalism, Orbán singled out civil society and the nongovernmental sector. Civil society critics, he insisted, “...

…s a wholesale rejection of liberal values and democratic norms, with all that this implies for politics and governance. Fidesz’'s “reform” efforts have been less concerned with the repression of unpopular minori- ties than with the creation of a system in which the institutions o...

the Fidesz government has instituted poli-

Freedom House chines, with their vast patronage networks, that pre- sided over American cities a half-century ago. Fidesz is apparently seeking to ensure that rival parties will never have access to the funds or influence necessary to unseat the incumbent government. ls Orban a...

… course of change that places it solidly in the illiberal camp, with many of the initiatives mirroring those enacted by Fidesz in Hungary. As in Hungary, an initial focus for the new government was securing control of the Constitutional Tribunal. PiS has moved to pack the court...