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Michael O’Shea

Michael O’Shea

Michael O’Shea is a visiting fellow at the Danube Institute. He is an alumnus of the Hungary Foundation and Mathias Corvinus Collegium’s Budapest Fellowship Program. His articles have appeared in Newsweek, The Federalist, Washington Examiner, European Conservative, Hungarian Conservative, and Visegrád Post.
by | Dec 6, 2024

Rejection of incumbent parties has been a global theme in a year in which more voters than ever have cast…

by | Aug 30, 2024

The fortunes of Mexico and Donald J. Trump are inextricably linked. When I visited Mexico City in the summer of…

by | Jun 14, 2024

In her political ads in the leadup to last week’s EU parliamentary elections, European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen bizarrely…

by | May 25, 2024

Upon crossing the Danube by car into Bratislava’s central business district, one of the most conspicuous sights is political graffiti…

by | Mar 9, 2024

When Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition conducted its election campaign last year, it promoted the slogan of “Smiling Poland,”…

by | Dec 21, 2023

The new government of Poland ran an election campaign touting the “rule of law” and antidotes to “democratic backsliding.” It…

by | Oct 12, 2023

Circumstances are dire in Poland under the rule of the conservative Law & Justice (PiS) party, if you’re to believe…

by | Oct 3, 2023

This has been a light year for major elections in the West, but Poland currently offers more than its share…

by | Jul 6, 2023

“Even by today’s low standards, this is shockingly delusional,” I thought after reading Kati Marton’s diatribe against the current Polish…

by | Sep 25, 2022

In a recent Economist article examining whether Ukrainian refugees will stay in Poland, the author grumbles: “Literature classes deal overwhelmingly…

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