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With Hungarian polls, it's always crucial to look at the 'don't know/won't vote' group - the bar on the far right of the graph. So far, that group is nearly twice the size of Magyar's new party. When people come off the sidelines, HU politics will change.

While welcoming Xi Jinping to Hungary with open arms, the Orbán govt might also be planning to allow the deployment of Chinese military reserve troops on Hungarian & therefore EU soil.

I asked the govt whether the information is correct, listen to what they answered here: 👇

My wonderful colleague Razia Iqbal on the peaceful protests at Princeton, met by campus arrests.

Finally - a nuanced view of the student protests: nytimes.com/2024/04/26/opi…

As a former State Department official responsible for enforcing the Leahy Laws, which prohibit US assistance to units of foreign militaries that commit gross human rights abuses, here are a few thoughts on what's going on with the Leahy Laws and Israel. 1/

'Western diplomats and politicians are right now sleepwalking into what will likely be a disastrous Hungarian EU Presidency, not only for the Union itself but also for Ukraine.'

Marlene Wind 🎯
verfassungsblog.de/the-enemy-with…

Historians know things! Here’s a must read rebuttal to Trump’s lawyer’s invocation of the founders before SCOTUS last week.

'You should never take democracy for granted. You should always support it. And protect it.'

What an impressive spot by European Parliament

I cannot think of a more egregious violation of core EU single-market law than this - so where is the Commission with enforcement actions?

Viktor Orban's relationship with Russia has gotten massive attention, but it's at least as important to focus on his relationship with China. Orban will never be anyone's puppet; he is more likely to play major powers off each other.

The director of the Budapest-based China-CEE Institute is a former senior figure at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations, a think-tank that western scholars believe is an MSS front. MSS is a civilian secret police service 🤫 on.ft.com/3JYLHbD

💥🇨🇳Here's all what we found out about Xi Jinping's upcoming trip to Hungary:

🔴top security protocol
🔴visits to Budapest, Pécs
🔴new BRI projects as Hungary is already struggling with its existing one
🔴billions of euros of new loans

VSquare vsquare.org/hungary-econom…

Democracy requires holding leaders to account:
brennancenter.org/our-work/analy…

Here is important guidance from the ACLU to university administrators on how to handle campus protests: aclu.org/news/free-spee…

I have visited the Gaza solidarity encampment at Princeton and have talked to plenty of people who have visited encampments at other campuses. And it is 100% clear to me that they are not antisemitic or even close to it. Anyone who suggests otherwise are deceiving you. The day

Interesting read by Michaela Hailbronner 'Comparative Law for a Post-Hegemonic World'.

'The case for taking comparative public law academically seriously is a strong one today – and I believe it requires transcending the encyclopedic approach to foreign law.'
mpil100.de/author/michael…

A clear statement of what's at stake in the presidential immunity case before the US Supreme Court: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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SCOOP: I reviewed an internal State Dept memo, parts of which was classified, that included the most extensive and serious to date warnings to Secretary Blinken over Israel’s possible non-compliance with international humanitarian law. Here’s what I learned 1/X