Why subscribe?
The Hungary Report is a reader-funded publication about Hungary, Orbánism, state capture and the politics of authoritarian power.
Since February 2026, it has published more than 70 essays and briefings, totalling over 160,000 words of analysis on Hungary, Fidesz, Péter Magyar, Tisza, Russia, Ukraine, Trump-era American politics, Ireland, the European right, and the ways authoritarian systems learn from one another.
The publication now has thousands of subscribers across 57 countries and 47 U.S. states.
That reach reflects the central argument of The Hungary Report: Hungary is one of the clearest cases of how power can be legalised, normalised, exported and contested.
This publication follows that story through the places where power actually sits: courts, prosecutors, public media, foundations, contracts, offices, appointments, public money, EU pressure, Russian influence and the language governments use to make control sound ordinary.
Why Hungary?
Hungary spent years showing how a modern state can be captured through legal design.
Elections continued. Parliament met. Courts issued rulings. Public media broadcast every day. Universities, regulators, foundations and state companies carried on with official names and official documents.
Inside those forms, power moved.
Public money flowed through friendly contracts and foundations. Offices were filled for long terms. Media ownership changed shape. Courts and prosecutors became political terrain. Two-thirds rules placed ordinary policy beyond the reach of future majorities. Loyalty was written into appointments, budgets and institutions.
That is why Hungary travels beyond borders and oceans,
It offers a clear view of how democratic systems can be hollowed out through lawful procedures. It also offers an early view of the harder phase that follows: rebuilding public institutions after they have been trained to serve a ruling project.
What The Hungary Report covers
The Hungary Report follows Hungary as a live case of political rupture and institutional repair.
It covers Fidesz, Tisza, Péter Magyar, Viktor Orbán, parliament, the courts, prosecutors, public media, corruption, public wealth, foreign policy, EU pressure, Russia, Ukraine, Trumpism, Ireland and Russian influence, Spain’s far right, and the wider European nationalist network.
Some pieces respond quickly to events. Others slow the week down and follow the route underneath it: the office, the law, the board, the contract, the asset, the appointment, the public record.
The recurring questions are simple:
Who holds power?
Where is it stored?
Who benefits from the arrangement?
What would it take to undo it?
What makes it different?
The Hungary Report follows mechanisms.
Laws. Courts. Budgets. Contracts. Foundations. Media chains. Prosecutors. Boards. Appointments. Asset routes. Public records.
The publication is focused on the administrative life of power because that is where durable political systems are built.
That is why this publication moves between Budapest, Brussels, Washington, Moscow, Kyiv, Dublin, Madrid and the European right. These political systems study one another. They borrow language, tactics, excuses, donors, consultants and confidence.
Hungary remains the centre of gravity. The pattern reaches further.
Why become a paid supporter?
The Hungary Report is kept open for all.
The core work stays free to read because this story should remain accessible to students, journalists, researchers, Hungarians abroad, diplomats, policymakers and readers who follow Hungary from outside the country.
Paid supporters make that possible.
Your subscription funds the work behind the publication: source reading, translation, archive work, institutional analysis, rapid response during major political moments, and the time required to make Hungarian politics readable in English with precision.
A paid subscription is a way to keep serious analysis available to people who can afford it.
Read the archive
The archive now contains more than 70 pieces on Orbánism, Fidesz, Péter Magyar, Tisza, democratic repair, state capture, public wealth, Russia and Ukraine, Trumpism, Ireland and Russian influence, Vox and Spain, the European right, exile, return, language and belonging.
It is a record of Hungary’s rupture and a guide to the systems that made it possible.
Become a founding supporter
Founding supporters help build The Hungary Report while it is still young enough to be shaped.
You receive the same open publication as every reader, along with occasional private updates and my direct gratitude for helping sustain the work.
This tier is for readers who want independent analysis of Hungary to remain public, serious and internationally legible.
Join the readership
The Hungary Report is read across Europe, North America and beyond by people following Hungary as one of the defining political cases of this period.
Subscribe to follow the story through the laws, offices, money, records and decisions that shape power.
