Facing the Tide: Understanding and Countering the Illiberal Populist Surge

Cím	Facing the Tide: Understanding and Countering the Illiberal Populist Surge
Közlemény típusa	Publikáció / Publication
Év / Year	2026
Szerzők	Hegedűs, István, and Uszkiewicz Erik
ISBN	978-615-82312-2-0
Összefoglalás	FACING THE TIDE: Understanding and Countering the Illiberal Populist Surge Responsible for publication: István Hegedűs, Chairman, Hungarian Europe Society Editors: István Hegedűs, Erik Uszkiewicz Graphics: Réka Elekes Manuscript completed on 9 January 2026 All rights reserved. ©Authors. ©Editors. ISBN 978-615-82312-2-0 Published by Magyarországi Európa Társaság Hungarian Europe Society H-1052 Budapest, Gerlóczy utca 11. The “Facing the Tide: Understanding and Countering the Illiberal Populist Surge” project was supported by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom is not responsible for the content of this publication, or for any use that may be made of it. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) alone. These views do not necessarily reflect those of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
Citation Key	2903
Teljes szöveg	TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction_5 ___________________________________________________________________ HOW DANGEROUS ARE ILLIBERAL POPULISTS FOR LIBERAL DEMOCRACY? ISTVÁN HEGEDŰS: How to Fight Back - Facing the Tide: Understanding and Countering the Illiberal Populist Surge_7 FEDERIGO ARGENTIERI: Forza Italia: Depopulistisation, La Lega: Putinisation, Fratelli d’Italia: Defascistisation. An analysis of changing identities in Italy’s ruling coalition _13 MILA MOSHELOVA: The New Political Calendar of (Il)Liberals in Post-Socialist Europe_21 YANNIS KARAMITSIOS: Europe’s Crossroads: Federalist Unity or Nationalist Fragmentation?_29 ______________ THE FUTURE OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY: OPTIMISM VERSUS PESSIMISM VOLODYMYR DUBOVYK: Fighting Illiberalism and Populism in the Shadow of Russia’s War Against Ukraine_37 FANNI BÁRSONY & ERIK USZKIEWICZ: Creative Civil Resistance in Illiberal and Authoritarian Regimes_41 KRISTÓF GÁSPÁR: Political Innovation under Pressure: Innovation Experiments in Hungary after the 2024 European Elections_52 ZSOLT ENYEDI: The Gravitational Pull behind the Illiberal International_59 _________________________