Author: Rachel A. Epstein

The Liberal World Order and the Future of Transatlanticism: Tensions, Debates and Critiques


Conference
9-10 June 2025
Badia Fiesolana, Via dei Roccettini 9 - San Domenico di Fiesole (Fiesole, Florence)

Academic organisers:
Veronica Anghel | Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute (EUI)
Hilary Appel | Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College (CMC)
Rachel Epstein | The Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (DU)

Introduction
The liberal

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Issue Areas:

Teaching Ethical Engagement: Media, Corruption, and Waning Accountability in Hungary

Rachel A. Epstein

The challenge:

How to help students formulate possible policy responses to undermine Fidesz’s authoritarian  grip on power in Hungary (with lessons for other authoritarian contexts).

Background and policy setting:

In offering the course to 24 graduate students at Korbel, I had two main partners: József Péter Martin, executive director of Transparency International, Hungary, and Dóra Piroska, professor at

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Issue Areas: Engagement Experiences:

Ethics of Engagement