On this edition of Your Call's Authoritarian Playbook series, we're discussing how Hungary, once a thriving democracy, became what experts call an “electoral autocracy.”

Since 2010, Viktor Orban and his Fidesz party have consolidated power, dismantled checks and balances, and taken control of universities, civil society, and the media. Pro-Orban groups now control 80 percent of the country’s media, according to Reporters Without Borders. On Friday, Donald Trump met with Orban, a close ally, at the White House.

What can we learn from Hungarians about resisting authoritarianism and what's to come?

Guests:

Dr. Gábor Scheiring , Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at Georgetown University Qatar , former Green Party member of the Hungarian Parliament, and author of The Retrea

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