Hanna Folsz

Hanna Folsz is an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies at Harvard University. She recently completed her doctorate in political science at Stanford University, where she was a pre-doctoral fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law.
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July 2026, Volume 37, Issue 3

How Civil Society Defeated Orbán

Viktor Orbán was ousted by an innovative, grassroots, nationwide campaign run by local civic groups called Tisza Islands. Their success offers a new playbook for civic mobilization against aspiring autocrats.