CEU Democracy Institute
@ceudeminst.bsky.social
The CEU Democracy Institute builds on CEU’s tradition of world-class research and societal engagement, focusing on the decline and revival of democracies.
🔗 https://democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/
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🎙️ In our new podcast produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Maya Tudor argues that today’s decline in trust in democracy stems from misconceptions about its achievements.
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November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Maya Tudor argues that today’s decline in trust in democracy stems from misconceptions about its achievements.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/2s965u3f
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✍️ Peru’s democracy is eroding not through aspiring autocrats but through exhaustion. Entrenched informality hollows out authority and turns governance into a marketplace of deals rather than a system of rules, @eljorobado.bsky.social argues in his op-ed. 🇵🇪🇵🇪
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November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
✍️ Peru’s democracy is eroding not through aspiring autocrats but through exhaustion. Entrenched informality hollows out authority and turns governance into a marketplace of deals rather than a system of rules, @eljorobado.bsky.social argues in his op-ed. 🇵🇪🇵🇪
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👉 tinyurl.com/3hdcnjjb
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🎙️ In our new podcast, @ashkingdon.bsky.social and @lubardab.bsky.social discuss how both the far-right and the far-left mobilize ecological ideas, often drawing from the same language of resistance.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a
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November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, @ashkingdon.bsky.social and @lubardab.bsky.social discuss how both the far-right and the far-left mobilize ecological ideas, often drawing from the same language of resistance.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/y6tm5b4a
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✍️ Southeast Asia shows how democracy’s openness can be weaponized. Flexible illiberalism, the art of using democratic institutions to pursue illiberal ends, reveals how democracy endures not by collapsing, but by changing hands, Aqida Salma argues in her op-ed.
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👉 tinyurl.com/4xv4vyte
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November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
✍️ Southeast Asia shows how democracy’s openness can be weaponized. Flexible illiberalism, the art of using democratic institutions to pursue illiberal ends, reveals how democracy endures not by collapsing, but by changing hands, Aqida Salma argues in her op-ed.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4xv4vyte
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4xv4vyte
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🎙️ In the new podcast of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Dean Jackson and Samuel Woolley discuss the ways in which AI could strain, or even crack, the foundations of democracies.
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November 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🎙️ In the new podcast of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Dean Jackson and Samuel Woolley discuss the ways in which AI could strain, or even crack, the foundations of democracies.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4t2z3p3c
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Join us for this film screening, followed by a discussion! 📽️👥
🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/6r3eHsOx
Registration:
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🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
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October 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Join us for this film screening, followed by a discussion! 📽️👥
🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
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👉 cutt.ly/6r3eHsOx
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🗣️ Adrian Favell
🗣️ Pavel Bandakov
🗣️ @sarahganty.bsky.social
🗣️ @cobrien.bsky.social
🗓️ Nov 7, 4:30pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
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Mark your calendar for this lecture and discussion!
🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
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🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
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October 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Mark your calendar for this lecture and discussion!
🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🗣️ Artūrs Kučs, Judge, @echr.coe.int
🗣️ @grabowskamoroz.bsky.social
🗣️ Paolo Pinto de Albuquerque
🗣️ András Sajó
🗣️ Renáta Uitz
🗓️ Nov 7, 1pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 15
Details:
👉 cutt.ly/nr3eUK84
Registration:
👉 cutt.ly/hr3eIyW0
🔴 LIVE NOW 🔴
Follow the roundtable, co-hosted with our journal, the @revdem2020.bsky.social, featuring László Bruszt, Pedro Abramovay, @cqschneider.bsky.social, Fiona Tregenna, and Zsuzsanna Szelényi!
📹👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uay3...
Follow the roundtable, co-hosted with our journal, the @revdem2020.bsky.social, featuring László Bruszt, Pedro Abramovay, @cqschneider.bsky.social, Fiona Tregenna, and Zsuzsanna Szelényi!
📹👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uay3...
Crisis and Renewal: Rethinking Democracy in the 21st Century
YouTube video by CEU Democracy Institute
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October 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🔴 LIVE NOW 🔴
Follow the roundtable, co-hosted with our journal, the @revdem2020.bsky.social, featuring László Bruszt, Pedro Abramovay, @cqschneider.bsky.social, Fiona Tregenna, and Zsuzsanna Szelényi!
📹👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uay3...
Follow the roundtable, co-hosted with our journal, the @revdem2020.bsky.social, featuring László Bruszt, Pedro Abramovay, @cqschneider.bsky.social, Fiona Tregenna, and Zsuzsanna Szelényi!
📹👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uay3...
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🎙️ In the latest episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Jennifer Cyr and @fromagehomme.bsky.social reflect on why projects of re-democratization after periods of authoritarian rule often fail in the long term.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🎙️ In the latest episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Jennifer Cyr and @fromagehomme.bsky.social reflect on why projects of re-democratization after periods of authoritarian rule often fail in the long term.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/pasz7maz
🎧 Listen to it now:
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✍️ Being considered the architect of the BRICS group, China successfully blends both far-left and far-right elements to design a hybrid ideological identity, aligned with its worldview, Giullia Neagu writes in her op-ed. 🇨🇳🇨🇳
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October 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
✍️ Being considered the architect of the BRICS group, China successfully blends both far-left and far-right elements to design a hybrid ideological identity, aligned with its worldview, Giullia Neagu writes in her op-ed. 🇨🇳🇨🇳
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4y3cta8d
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🎙️ In the new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @semuhi.bsky.social and @lucanway.bsky.social reflect on capitalism’s enduring imperfections while presenting it as a plausible force for democratic change.
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👉 tinyurl.com/2mdcv2cw
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September 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🎙️ In the new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @semuhi.bsky.social and @lucanway.bsky.social reflect on capitalism’s enduring imperfections while presenting it as a plausible force for democratic change.
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👥 The Budapest Forum, co-organized by the Municipality of Budapest, Political Capital, and us returns to discuss the most pressing issues facing citizens of democratic and nominally democratic countries.
📅 Sept 17
Details and registration:
👉 budapestforum.org
📅 Sept 17
Details and registration:
👉 budapestforum.org
September 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
👥 The Budapest Forum, co-organized by the Municipality of Budapest, Political Capital, and us returns to discuss the most pressing issues facing citizens of democratic and nominally democratic countries.
📅 Sept 17
Details and registration:
👉 budapestforum.org
📅 Sept 17
Details and registration:
👉 budapestforum.org
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🎙️ In this new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @stanleysbill.bsky.social and @benstanley.eu discuss the challenges, dilemmas, and paradoxes of liberalism after illiberalism in Poland. 🇵🇱🇵🇱
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3kaezn2y
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September 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🎙️ In this new episode of our special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @stanleysbill.bsky.social and @benstanley.eu discuss the challenges, dilemmas, and paradoxes of liberalism after illiberalism in Poland. 🇵🇱🇵🇱
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3kaezn2y
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🎙️ In Part 2 of our latest episode in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social explains how Turkey’s opposition is pushing back against an increasingly hegemonic regime. 🇹🇷🇹🇷
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👉 tinyurl.com/te3m6wkr
🎧 Listen to it now:
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August 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
🎙️ In Part 2 of our latest episode in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social explains how Turkey’s opposition is pushing back against an increasingly hegemonic regime. 🇹🇷🇹🇷
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🎙️ In Part 1 of our latest podcast in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social unpacks how Turkey’s competitive authoritarian regime is veering toward full autocracy. 🇹🇷🇹🇷
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mw9dpb83
🎧 Listen to it now:
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August 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🎙️ In Part 1 of our latest podcast in the special series produced in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @berkesen.bsky.social unpacks how Turkey’s competitive authoritarian regime is veering toward full autocracy. 🇹🇷🇹🇷
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👉 tinyurl.com/mw9dpb83
🎧 Listen to it now:
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🎙️ In this new episode of our podcast series created in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @richheydarian.bsky.social discusses the Philippines’ dynastic democracy and political prospects in a truly global framework. 🇵🇭🇵🇭
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👉 tinyurl.com/bdhmynrn
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August 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
🎙️ In this new episode of our podcast series created in partnership with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @richheydarian.bsky.social discusses the Philippines’ dynastic democracy and political prospects in a truly global framework. 🇵🇭🇵🇭
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/bdhmynrn
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🎙️ In the latest episode of our special series produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @paolososa.bsky.social and Moisés Arce discuss the rise of legislative authoritarianism and explore its implications both in theory and in practice.
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👉 tinyurl.com/5vm466x8
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July 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🎙️ In the latest episode of our special series produced in collaboration with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @paolososa.bsky.social and Moisés Arce discuss the rise of legislative authoritarianism and explore its implications both in theory and in practice.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/5vm466x8
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/5vm466x8
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🎙️ In our new podcast, Balazs Trencsenyi offers a sweeping re-narration of modern European intellectual history through the lens of “crisis,” not only as an analytical category, but as a powerful tool of political mobilization.
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👉 tinyurl.com/4jjek43h
🎧 Listen to it now:
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July 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, Balazs Trencsenyi offers a sweeping re-narration of modern European intellectual history through the lens of “crisis,” not only as an analytical category, but as a powerful tool of political mobilization.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4jjek43h
🎧 Listen to it now:
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🎙️ In our new podcast, @samuelmoyn.bsky.social discusses the risks of focusing too heavily on legality in the fight against rising authoritarianism.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3tkf9ymj
🎧 Listen to it now:
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June 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🎙️ In our new podcast, @samuelmoyn.bsky.social discusses the risks of focusing too heavily on legality in the fight against rising authoritarianism.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/3tkf9ymj
🎧 Listen to it now:
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🎙️ In the new, special episode of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @frankfukuyama.bsky.social and Beatriz Magaloni discuss with Ece Özbey why democratic legitimacy increasingly hinges on governments’ ability to deliver tangible results.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/w4y8x92b
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June 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🎙️ In the new, special episode of our series co-produced with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, @frankfukuyama.bsky.social and Beatriz Magaloni discuss with Ece Özbey why democratic legitimacy increasingly hinges on governments’ ability to deliver tangible results.
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/w4y8x92b
🎧 Listen to it now:
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🎙️ In the new episode of our monthly special in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Serhii Plokhii discusses the key aspects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the clash between democracy and autocracy. 🇺🇦🇷🇺
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👉 tinyurl.com/mvuszh6y
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June 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🎙️ In the new episode of our monthly special in cooperation with @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Serhii Plokhii discusses the key aspects of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the clash between democracy and autocracy. 🇺🇦🇷🇺
🎧 Listen to it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/mvuszh6y
🎧 Listen to it now:
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✍️ Mexico is preparing for an unprecedented judicial election. @micaelaalterio.bsky.social explores how a process framed as democratization could entrench power, undermine judicial independence, and usher in a new phase of autocratic legalism. 🇲🇽🧑⚖️
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👉 tinyurl.com/ytvtxm6d
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May 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
✍️ Mexico is preparing for an unprecedented judicial election. @micaelaalterio.bsky.social explores how a process framed as democratization could entrench power, undermine judicial independence, and usher in a new phase of autocratic legalism. 🇲🇽🧑⚖️
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/ytvtxm6d
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/ytvtxm6d
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✍️ In the second part of his article, @danielhegedus.bsky.social analyzes the impact of the termination of US Government Assistance on the implementer landscape and the indirect political implications in the CEE region.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/e3uzaye7
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May 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
✍️ In the second part of his article, @danielhegedus.bsky.social analyzes the impact of the termination of US Government Assistance on the implementer landscape and the indirect political implications in the CEE region.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/e3uzaye7
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/e3uzaye7
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✍️ In the first part of his article, @danielhegedus.bsky.social recounts the background of the termination of US Government Assistance and its immediate financial consequences for the CSO sector in Central and Eastern Europe.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4zfkzvfj
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May 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
✍️ In the first part of his article, @danielhegedus.bsky.social recounts the background of the termination of US Government Assistance and its immediate financial consequences for the CSO sector in Central and Eastern Europe.
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4zfkzvfj
🧑💻 Read it now:
👉 tinyurl.com/4zfkzvfj
How does excessive wealth harm democracy?
Can hyper-wealth produce public goods?
How can we contain excessive wealth?
🔜👥Our conference will focus on these questions.
🗓️June 23-24
📍Budapest / online
Details:
👉 tinyurl.com/2u2cwcvv
Registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/vn7ttypu
Can hyper-wealth produce public goods?
How can we contain excessive wealth?
🔜👥Our conference will focus on these questions.
🗓️June 23-24
📍Budapest / online
Details:
👉 tinyurl.com/2u2cwcvv
Registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/vn7ttypu
May 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
How does excessive wealth harm democracy?
Can hyper-wealth produce public goods?
How can we contain excessive wealth?
🔜👥Our conference will focus on these questions.
🗓️June 23-24
📍Budapest / online
Details:
👉 tinyurl.com/2u2cwcvv
Registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/vn7ttypu
Can hyper-wealth produce public goods?
How can we contain excessive wealth?
🔜👥Our conference will focus on these questions.
🗓️June 23-24
📍Budapest / online
Details:
👉 tinyurl.com/2u2cwcvv
Registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/vn7ttypu