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April 11, 2026

Could Viktor Orban's reign be about to end? In his 16 years in power the Hungarian prime minister has changed the constitution and largely taken over the courts and the media. But Peter Magyar, the leader of the opposition, is presenting a serious challenge, in Hungary's upcoming elections. Click the link in our bio to follow the polls results in The Economist's Hungarian election tracker.

April 11, 2026

Viktor Orban has spent 16 years tilting Hungary’s electoral system in his favour. None of his methods—including changes to district boundaries and voting rules—is illegal and all have precedents in other democracies. Combined, however, they form a powerful political machine that makes it easier for his Fidesz party to win seats. Our analysis shows how that machine works and how it might still be beaten when Hungarians head to the polls. Tap the link in our bio to explore the data.

April 11, 2026

One disquieting lesson of history is that, although world wars affect nearly everyone, the task of avoiding them falls to a tiny number of decisionmakers. And those decisionmakers are sometimes fools. Today’s world looks “quite a bit” like the world before 1914, argues Odd Arne Westad, a professor of history at Yale, in a new book. Another book by Peter Apps, a journalist, puts the odds of another world war in the next decade at 30-35%. What can be done to prevent a third world war? Tap the link in our bio to register for free and find out. Illustration: Katie Martin