Orbán’s Ouster Doesn’t Prove His Critics Wrong

Apr 17, 2026

Many dictatorships have ended peacefully, so the end of Orbán’s rule in Hungary isn’t proof he was never really taking the country in an authoritarian direction.

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James Kirchick

James Kirchick is a writer at large for Air Mail and author of Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington and The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age. He has reported from over 40 countries and his writing has appeared in many publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlantic.

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