If someone is on the ‘good side,’ threatening rhetoric can be tolerated, political blackmail can be explained, and pressure can be relativized.

Those who cry “Russia” nonstop should note that Hungary seeks strategic ties with the U.S. and that the summit’s outcomes matter for all of East–Central Europe.

Adopting a law-and-order type of approach to dismantling the drug trade and the criminal organizations that manage it is a welcome step.

While Mark Zuckerberg dismantles fact-checking on his platforms, the European Commission continues to enforce norms that penalize dissenting opinions.

The democratic backsliding in Poland does not bother the Commission now that Tusk is in power, and it neither would in Hungary should Orbán be ousted.