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Kim Lane Scheppele on Hungary

More than a year ago I interviewed my old friend and colleague Kim Lane Scheppele, a constitutional scholar who speaks Hungarian and knows Hungary, about the march of autocracy. Now, suddenly, a much happier occasion. I found her account of how this happened startling — a lot I didn’t know, even th…

Trump Stunned as Shocking Defeat Sends Chilling Warning

What can we learn and deploy here in the US from Peter Magyar’s stunning win over Viktor Orbán? Prof. Kim Lane Scheppele joins Katie Phang for an incredibly fascinating conversation about how Magyar found his way to victory & what’s next for Hungary.

Orban’s Ouster: Impacts on Budapest, Brussels, MAGA, and Beyond

Princeton University Professor Kim Lane Scheppele is a leading scholar of international constitutions who coined the term “Frankenstate” to describe the legal, but illiberal, tactics employed by autocrats seeking to consolidate power in constitutional democracies. She joins Terms of Engagement to e…

What Does Legal Authoritarianism Look Like?

What does authoritarianism look like when it operates through law? In the first episode of “Lawyer Without Law,” hosts Katy Glenn Bass and Madhav Khosla speak with Princeton University Professor Kim Lane Scheppele. They explore historic examples of the legal profession’s role in democratic backslid…

G. Elliott Morris on Vibes and the Midterms

For more videos, visit my YouTube channel. I’m away but alas staying in touch with political news at home, and thought I would check in with one of the best public opinion quants about where we stand right now … TRANSCRIPT: Paul Krugman in Conversation with G. Elliott Morris (recorded 5/13/26) Pau…

Our Long Road Out of Autocracy

Kate is joined by returning guest and friend of the show, Kim Lane Scheppele, the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Princeton, and one of the world’s leading scholars of democratic backsliding, autocracy, and the rule of law. They discuss how the Supreme …

Kim Lane Scheppele on Hungary's Narrow Path Back to Democracy

You can only get to the point of restoring democratic institutions if you win the last election with such a huge majority that you really have the public with you as you make radical change. Kim Lane Scheppele  Kim Lane Scheppele is the Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and Internation…

After Orban: Lessons from Hungary on Democratic Healing | Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton) and Peter Dosa (Hungary Report)

Rory interviews Princeton professor and Hungary expert Kim Lane Scheppele and writer Peter Dosa about Hungary’s election that ousted Viktor Orbán and brought Prime Minister Péter Magyar and the Tisza party to power with a supermajority. The conversation focuses on lessons Americans can learn from H…

Kim Lane Scheppele on Hungary’s Democratic U-Turn

In this new episode of our podcast series produced in cooperation with the Journal of Democracy, Ferenc Laczó speaks with Kim Lane Scheppele about her article, “CanPéter Magyar Restore Hungary’s Democracy?” The conversation discusses the major challenges and dilemmas that the new Hungarian governme…

Prof. Scheppele on Hungary: Reform Constitutional Court, Restore Judicial Checks & Change Election Law

Interview by Selcuk GultasliWhat happens when an autocrat entrenches their power so deeply into the law that following the rules only protects the old regime? Host Selcuk Gultasli sits down with Princeton Professor Kim Lane Scheppele to explore Hungary's high-stakes attempt at democratic restoratio…