Even Orbán’s defenders are forced to admit that corruption was endemic in Hungary under his illiberal rule. “Orban’s Fidesz ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Thursday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Andrew Walworth is joined by author William Galston to talk about his new piece in the Wall Street Journal making the case for continuing to fund the ...

Few developments have mattered so much, for so many people, as the global rise of democracy. Three hundred years ago, virtually no one lived in a democracy. As recently as the 1940s, at the darkest ...

Should Judge Boasberg Be Impeached over His Role in the Jack Smith Probe? The Rehabilitation of Elbridge Gerry Honor the Plumbers California Jury Gets It Wrong on Social Media Will Western politics in ...

Yet because the election system is designed to favour strong parties, a two-thirds parliamentary majority seems to have become the norm in Hungary, which contains its own dangers. The centre-right ...

On March 8, Donald Trump hosted Viktor Orbán — the prime minister of Hungary, who has cracked down on LGBTQ rights, immigration and democracy — at Mar-a-Lago. “There’s nobody that’s better, smarter or ...

A core component of liberal democracy is that the opposition must have the right to field the candidate of its choice, giving it a fair chance to oust the government at the ballot box. In Poland, ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Former President Donald Trump made room during his debate with Vice President Kamala Harris to express the mutual admiration he shares with Viktor Orbán, the autocratic leader ...