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Gabor Scheiring

@gscheiring.bsky.social
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Asst Prof of Comparative Politics Georgetown Qatar • Economic shocks, inequality, authoritarianism, class relations, populism, health • Political economy of development • FirstGen • former Fellow @ Harvard CES & Cambridge Sociology • gaborscheiring.com

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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Contract signed across three continents, so now I am ready to believe it: @stanfordpress.bsky.social will publish our book with Benedek Javor: How Democracies Revive: Why Illiberalism Keeps Winning and What to Do About It. ✨📖🤓🧵
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
New piece just out on the AfD's 44% in Saxony-Anhalt and why the standard explanations for the far right keep failing, currently on @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social's front page. #populism #FarRight @polisky.bsky.social #democracy #illiberalism #Germany #Europe 🧵1/13 jacobin.com/2026/09/afd-...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It was such an honor and pleasure to talk with Zarqa Parvez for her podcast. We talked about my intellectual formation: the formative years in activism and politics, the move from international economics to sociology, political economy, and comparative politics. 1/3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUwB...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Orbán governed Hungary for 16 years with more centralized power than most governments. The international far right copied him. He still failed at development, and then he lost. My new open-access piece in New Political Economy explains the rise and fall of Orbanism. 1/3 doi.org/10.1080/1356...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Daron Acemoglu wrote the establishment's favorite book on prosperity, Why Nations Fail (2012). His new book, What Happened to Liberal Democracy? (2026), attacks that establishment. In response, The Economist calls him "oddly unconvincing." A thread on why the old Acemoglu was wrong. 1/11
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Climate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Your kids want you to take a look at this:
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
“Across democracies, the central dynamic is not two poles drifting apart but the transformation of the political right into authoritarianism, norm breaking, and openness to political violence.” 🎯
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It’s Not Polarization; It’s the Radicalization of the Political Right | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
It’s Not Polarization; It’s the Radicalization of the Political Right
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Iván Szelényi (1938-2026), a towering figure in sociology, one of the finest global intellectuals Hungary and Eastern Europe has ever produced, has died. Rest in peace and solidarity. 1/6
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Spain: Solidarity, Consistency, Ease, Hope, Compass. Thank you guys! Spain 🇪🇸
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Keir Starmer: The centrist project to bolster the status quo against "populism" ended as disgracefully as it started. Hollow corporate managerialism doesn't fix a systemic crisis.
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Hey Europe, here I come. Whirling across five countries, seven cities, ten talks over the next three weeks. I'm energized, but gonna need a break after. Topics: #democracy, #FarRight, #developmentalism, #environmentalism, #politicaleconomy. Hop in if you are around:
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Sorry for the decadent Warholian self-duplication, but getting published in Greek is a nice first, I couldn't resist posting it along with the translation. Two new interviews out, one for the leading Greek daily, Ta Nea's 'Int' magazine supplement, and another for Caucasus Watch.
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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 14/05/2026
In a new essay for #ResilienceResistance, 2025 CFK Global Fellow @gscheiring.bsky.social unveils three pitfalls to look out for as Hungary works to revive its democracy kettering.org/hungary-and-the-tripl…
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Hungary and the Triple Trap of Post-Illiberal Democracy
Orbán is out after 16 years. What comes next is harder. Gábor Scheiring names three traps that can fuel backlash: economic insecurity, weak political voice, and resentment.
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Honored to join Sari Hanafi on his podcast Connecting Social Research to Society (AUB & the Arab Council for the Social Sciences). A few weeks after hosting him at Georgetown, the conversation continued, this time with him in the host's chair. 1/5
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
The Palentir statement on its desired “Technological Republic” is one of the scariest things I have seen in a while. It is a call for a world dominated by an authoritarian U.S., generated by AI (both the statement and the world), run by tech-surveillance companies. Technofascism pure!
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Grateful to @tvpworld.bsky.social and host Sascha Fahrbach for the chance to discuss my recent @jacobinmag.bsky.social piece on Hungary's post-Orbán transition, and the harder question behind the celebration: what does sustainable democratization actually require? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIYb...
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EU flags return to Parliament. Will Hungary come together? | Gábor Scheiring
YouTube video by TALKING WITH TVP WORLD
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Politics junkies, if you are interested in how #Orban lost, whether the #fFarRight is over in #Hungary and beyond, and what traps lay ahead on the road toward sustainable #democratization, then check out my essay, it just came out on @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social : jacobin.com/2026/05/hung...
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Democracy After Orbánism?
Péter Magyar will be sworn in as Hungary’s new prime minister this week. His government has a strong technocratic thrust — a departure from Viktor Orbán’s cronyism but hardly a revitalization of demo...
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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
When the petite bourgeoisie works out the class politics of hyper neoliberalism.
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
New podcast on Hungary's morning after. We discuss what the post-Orbán transition tells us about Europe's far-right landscape, and why professional-class enthusiasm about the death of illiberalism is running ahead of structural reality. twentyfourtwo.substack.com/p/peter-magy...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
🎙️ Pumpled (pumped & humbled) about two podcast episodes out today, both recorded with my dear friend and former party co-founder Kristóf Szombati in the aftermath of Viktor #Orbán's defeat. 🎧 kettering.org/hungary-afte... 🎧 kettering.org/hungary-afte...
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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 20/04/2026
Last week, Hungarian voters delivered a decisive electoral upset to strongman Viktor Orbán, who spent 16 years consolidating power, capturing institutions, and portraying himself as the global template for illiberal democracy. Discover #TheStakes here: bit.ly/4toZ3mz
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Hungary after Orbán: The Work of Democracy Begins
Viktor Orbán loses in a landslide—but Hungary’s illiberal system remains. CFK Global Fellows Gábor Scheiring and Kristóf Szombati discuss how the opposition broke through and the challenges ahead with...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
What a week. Since #Orbán's defeat I have been in and out of studios and phone calls with journalists trying to make sense of the elections in #Hungary, literally talking to each inhabited continent (Antarctica still pending), reflecting the gravity of this political change. Links below.
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Unconditional Basic Income Europe @basicincomeeu.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Most analyses of the elections in #Hungary focus on how Magyar won – @dfeher.bsky.social of #UBIE asks why it took sixteen years to bring down #Orbán. The answer reveals something fundamental about economic dependency and the case for #UBI as democratic infrastructure. 🔗 www.ubie.org/hu26 1/7
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Dependency Is the System: What Hungary Teaches Us About Basic Income and Democracy - UBIE - Unconditional Basic Income Europe
The fall of Viktor Orbán’s government in Hungary raises a question the celebrations have obscured: why did dismantling such a corrupt and inhuman system take sixteen years? The answer lies less in ide...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hungary is Back. Orban is out. Constitutional majority in sight for opposition! 30% of votes counted; yet, it's almost 100% that the opposition Tisza party won, based on the current trajectory, new government might control at least 2/3 of seats. New era.
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Yesterday, I spoke to il manifesto and @aljazeera.com (Inside Story, a 25-minute segment with @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social) about tomorrow's elections, focusing on the economic exhaustion of the regime. 🎦Al Jazeera: www.aljazeera.com/video/inside... 📰 Il Manifesto: ilmanifesto.it/la-piazza-gi...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
I was back on @tvpworld.bsky.social to talk about the economic fallout of the Iran war. A 15-minute interview, plus link to the underlying analysis: where are we and why is June the month that might transform this crisis from painful to catastrophic. Interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXu4... 1/7
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NPR @npr.org · 29/03/2026
Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.
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Trump is dismantling democracy at 'unprecedented' speed, global report finds
Three major new studies on democracy and freedom all find the U.S. is slipping further away from democracy. Leaders of two of those studies say President Trump's goal is to rule as an autocrat.
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Szabolcs Panyi @szabolcspanyi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
💥Not how one wants to be featured in the @nytimes.com, but I’m glad a US audience sees what’s happening in this small country’s wild election campaign. As with other Orbán-related news, here's my warning to US colleagues: Orbán's actions still serve as a blueprint for Trump/MAGA.
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
My new study is out with @feps-europe.eu. "Laboratories of Counter-Hegemony: Orbán, Trump and the Transatlantic Far-Right Ecosystem" maps the infrastructure that has turned a small Central European country into a launchpad for reorganizing the Western right. 🧵 1/9 👉 feps-europe.eu/publication/...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Polarization is not just a political problem. It is a health problem. If you agree, check out this Social Science & Medicines pecial issue, edited by @josephharrisbu.bsky.social and Nora Kenworthy on "Polarization and Health Policy in a Global Context." www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
USA under #Trump 2.0 emerging as the most rapidly #autocratizing country, finds @vdeminstitute.bsky.social 2026 Democracy Report. Speed of #backsliding outpaces the most paradigmatic cases. Scholars of Hun 🇭🇺,🇮🇳,🇷🇺,🇷🇸,🇹🇷 - now is the time to analyze American politics: 👉 www.v-dem.net/documents/75...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I did two interviews recently on the fallout from the #IranWar and what it means for #Europe and the #WorldEconomy, and wrote a more detailed analytical note on the war's economic consequences. Happy to share them here. 🧵 1/4
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
This is the largest oil supply shock in history in mb/d The enemy gets a vote. Iran is now delivering pain to Trump via multiple paths (1) Gulf Kings (2) Financial meltdown (3) AI tech oligarchs (4) Fuel, fertilizer, food disruptions Read our Polycrisis Dispatch: buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
My analysis on #Europe and the #Iran war is just out on @socialeurope.bsky.social. Europe's response to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran exposes a continent locked in dependency and struggling to find its voice. 🧵👇 1/6 www.socialeurope.eu/spain-and-no...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
This Friday, I'll be speaking at the symposium "Make Illiberalism Great Again" in Regensburg, exploring how a small state punches far above its weight globally. Organized by @sonjapriebus.bsky.social & @sudosteuropa.bsky.social, I'm glad to join @veghzsuzsanna.bsky.social and Ivana Ranković. 1/6
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Südosteuropa-Gesellschaft @sudosteuropa.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Join us next week for a symposium on how the Hungarian government has been actively seeking to transnationalize its political project and position itself as a reference point for like-minded forces in Europe and beyond. Registration to participate in Regensburg or online: sogde.org/de/events/sy...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Welcome, new followers! And a particular groetjes to the Dutch wave; not entirely sure how I landed in your corner of Bluesky, but I'm glad to see the engagement. I write about political economy, illiberalism, the lived experiences of economic shocks, and how to save democracy from the polycrisis.
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I have a new, open-access paper out in the European Journal of Sociology: “Commodification and Social Reproduction: Theory and Mixed-Method Evidence on the Effect of Privatization on Childbearing.” After a long journey, it’s finally published online. 1/10 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
An interview with me about why liberal #democracies keep producing their own gravediggers is now out on @mediapart.fr, France's leading independent investigative outlet. #Illiberalism is a political reaction to the crisis of liberal #globalism. Details in French: blogs.mediapart.fr/edition/chro...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
The US under Trump's second term is experiencing the steepest democratic backsliding in contemporary history, outpacing Russia, Turkey, and Hungary. But there's hope, too. Burn-Murdoch is probably the best data journalist today. His latest @financialtimes.com analysis is essential reading. 1/7
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The rules-based international order was never truly universal, was upheld selectively, and attacked cynically even in its strongest days in the 1990s. But at least it functioned as a rhetorical anchor and a moral ambition. Not anymore. 1/7
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
It's Trump policy that U.S. tech must be globally dominant. It's also US policy that its tech corps must be free from: Regulation. Taxation. Fact checking and monitoring for hate lies, disinformation. All are now being treated as attacks on the U.S. itself. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Former EU commissioner and activists barred from US in attack on European tech regulators
State department accuses group of pressuring tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints through regulation of disinformation
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
I was happy to talk the Boston-based MassLive for this article on what the U.S. can learn from Hungary’s crackdown on highered. The transatlantic convergence of the far right, even if important differences remain, should worry anyone who takes universities, pluralism, and democracy seriously. 1/7
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What happens when a government decides to crush a university? These professors lived it
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reshaped higher ed in Hungary. Here's how academics are learning from it.
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Kettering Foundation @kettering.org · 22/12/2025
When people feel unseen or powerless, authoritarianism grows. 2025 CFK Global Fellows @gscheiring.bsky.social, Koketso Moeti, and Chris Muriithi, explain why addressing fear, inequality, and exclusion is central to defending democracy.
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
I have a cellular-level disrespect of disciplinary silos, so it was a pleasure to contribute a reflection piece to Current Anthropology, one of the field’s most prestigious generalist journals. The kind of cross-disciplinary conversation we need to have to better understand antiliberal politics.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Grumpy opinion: Too many young development economists are working on behavioral econ questions that are unimportant for development. The topics are amenable to small experiments that can nail mechanisms and demonstrate smarts via a clever design. The profession over-rewards those attributes.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 07/05/2025
FDR showed us democracy could deliver—restoring trust and creating security for all. We need a bold vision like FDR's that encompasses modern challenges to similarly prioritize security and shared prosperity. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...
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We’ve Saved Democracy Before. FDR’s First 100 Days Made It Possible. - Roosevelt Institute
One hundred headline-dominating days into his presidency, some have compared Trump to FDR, the first president to use the “first 100 days” framework. The comparison couldn’t be more wrong. One is choosing chaos, cruelty, and corruption. The other brought the competence to contain instability, answer the uncertainties of unchecked capitalism, and rein in grift. One man is undermining democracy. The other sought to preserve it. And in this moment, FDR has a lot to teach those of us who seek to preserve. The greatest lesson: When democracy and authoritarianism compete for popular loyalty, the most important battleground is the economy.
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Ence Morse @ence.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com. We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans. washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I have a new opinion article up at @aljazeera.com and I am looking forward to your reactions. It brings together several strands of my research and public engagement. I reflect on US Hungary Russia relations, dependence, and the increasingly bizarre geopolitical theatre we all end up watching. 1/5
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Gabor Scheiring @gscheiring.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I had the chance to join Your Call, the San Francisco based public affairs radio show on 91.7 FM KALW, for a conversation about what the U.S. can learn from Hungary’s slide into electoral autocracy. It was a real pleasure to do this together with one of Hungary’s finest journalists. 1/4
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