Orbán's Hungary: An Exception or a Role Model for Central and Eastern Europe?

Celebrated journalist Paul Lendvai, sketches the extraordinary rise of Hungarian Prime Minister Orbán, an erstwhile anti-communist rebel turned populist autocrat. His compelling portrait reveals a man with unfettered power.

Speaker: Paul Lendvai, Hungarian-born Austrian journalist who worked as a correspondent for the Financial Times for more than two decades

Chair: Abby Innes, Assistant Professor of Political Economy at the LSE European Institute

Recorded on 18 October 2017 in the Alumni Theatre. 

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