Life After Orbán: Hungary's Reset and the Road Ahead, with Ambassador Tibor Nagy

Sixteen years of Viktor Orbán ended at the ballot box. Ambassador Tibor Nagy, a Hungarian-born former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and acting Under Secretary of State for Management, returns to Global Power Shifts to explain how it happened and what comes next.Jim Stenman and Nagy work through the real story behind Péter Magyar's win: the stench of cronyism that voters could no longer stomach, a leaked Orbán–Putin phone call that landed badly in a country with Russia in its DNA, and a two-track Hungary where regime friends got world-class healthcare while ordinary citizens waited in line.They also cover what Magyar's two-thirds majority means in practice, why Brussels is likely to move fast on 22 billion euros in frozen funds, how the Kremlin loses its most reliable voice inside the EU, what happens to China's battery plants and imported Asian workforce, and why JD Vance showing up to campaign for Orbán may have hurt more than it helped.The conversation closes on the Horn of Africa: the Trump administration's reported exploration of lifting Eritrea sanctions, the strategic case for deepening ties with Somaliland, and the risks of an Ethiopian election held without Tigray at the table.A clear-eyed look at how long authoritarian runs actually end, and what the signal from Budapest means for capitals from Washington to Addis Ababa.Follow Global Power Shifts on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.