Why Orbán Lost and What Happens Next

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The world is still making sense of Viktor Orbán’s historic election loss in Hungary—a small country with outsized global significance. Why were Orbán’s generational efforts to stack the electoral deck not enough to prevent his landslide defeat? Is this a warning sign for right-wing populists in America, Europe, and elsewhere who’ve modeled their own movements on Orbán’s? Tom Carothers, a top democracy scholar with deep ties in Hungary, joins Jon Bateman on a special episode of The World Unpacked. Tom explains why Orbán lost, why his successor Peter Magyar isn’t the anti-Orbán that many assume, and why “electoral autocracies” around the world are less stable than they seem. Like and subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/38sljlH Find the episode transcript and streaming audio, and get the show direct to your inbox, here: https://carnegieendowment.org/preview/podcasts/the-world-unpacked/why-orban-lost-and-what-happens-next Host: Follow Jon on X: https://x.com/JonKBateman Guest: Tom Carothers: https://carnegieendowment.org/people/thomas-carothers Chapters: 00:00 – Shock Election 01:23 – Hungary Insider 01:51 – Deep Ties 03:10 – Orban Falls 04:32 – Warning Signs 07:40 – Who Is Orban? 10:35 – Economic Collapse? 12:52 – System Rigged? 14:03 – Meet Magyar 18:41 – Viral Rise 21:33 – New Nationalism 22:32 – Breaking Fear 24:53 – Hidden Control 29:07 – Democracy Debate 33:16 – Line Crossed 36:17 – Global Icon 39:08 – Trump Factor 42:46 – Global Movement? 47:44 – Ripple Effects 48:50 – Big Warning 51:03 – Hard Truths 54:10 – Tipping Point 56:23 – US Implications 59:02 – Final Insight The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace generates strategic ideas and independent analysis, supports diplomacy, and trains the next generation of international scholar-practitioners to help countries and institutions take on the most difficult global problems and advance peace. Visit our website: https://carnegieendowment.org/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/CarnegieEndow Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carnegieendow/