Gabor Scheiring
@gscheiring.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Comparative Politics Georgetown Qatar • Economic shocks, inequality, authoritarianism, class relations, populism, health • Political economy of development • FirstGen • former Fellow @ Harvard CES & Cambridge Sociology • gaborscheiring.com
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FDR showed us democracy could deliver—restoring trust and creating security for all.
We need a bold vision like FDR's that encompasses modern challenges to similarly prioritize security and shared prosperity. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...
We need a bold vision like FDR's that encompasses modern challenges to similarly prioritize security and shared prosperity. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...
We’ve Saved Democracy Before. FDR’s First 100 Days Made It Possible. - Roosevelt Institute
One hundred headline-dominating days into his presidency, some have compared Trump to FDR, the first president to use the “first 100 days” framework. The comparison couldn’t be more wrong. One is choosing chaos, cruelty, and corruption. The other brought the competence to contain instability, answer the uncertainties of unchecked capitalism, and rein in grift. One man is undermining democracy. The other sought to preserve it. And in this moment, FDR has a lot to teach those of us who seek to preserve. The greatest lesson: When democracy and authoritarianism compete for popular loyalty, the most important battleground is the economy.
rooseveltinstitute.org
May 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
FDR showed us democracy could deliver—restoring trust and creating security for all.
We need a bold vision like FDR's that encompasses modern challenges to similarly prioritize security and shared prosperity. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...
We need a bold vision like FDR's that encompasses modern challenges to similarly prioritize security and shared prosperity. rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/w...
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
I have a new opinion article up at @aljazeera.com and I am looking forward to your reactions. It brings together several strands of my research and public engagement. I reflect on US Hungary Russia relations, dependence, and the increasingly bizarre geopolitical theatre we all end up watching. 1/5
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I have a new opinion article up at @aljazeera.com and I am looking forward to your reactions. It brings together several strands of my research and public engagement. I reflect on US Hungary Russia relations, dependence, and the increasingly bizarre geopolitical theatre we all end up watching. 1/5
I had the chance to join Your Call, the San Francisco based public affairs radio show on 91.7 FM KALW, for a conversation about what the U.S. can learn from Hungary’s slide into electoral autocracy. It was a real pleasure to do this together with one of Hungary’s finest journalists. 1/4
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I had the chance to join Your Call, the San Francisco based public affairs radio show on 91.7 FM KALW, for a conversation about what the U.S. can learn from Hungary’s slide into electoral autocracy. It was a real pleasure to do this together with one of Hungary’s finest journalists. 1/4
Check out my latest article: Viktor #Orbán met #Trump in DC this weekend and left with a one-year exemption from #sanctions on #Russian oil and gas imports: a short-term political win that exposes his long-term #dependence, revealing the costs of #illiberalism.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/price-...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/price-...
The Price of Illiberalism: Trump Rewards Orbán’s Loyalty, at Hungary’s Expense
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met President Trump in Washington this weekend and left with a one-year exemption from U.S.
www.linkedin.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Check out my latest article: Viktor #Orbán met #Trump in DC this weekend and left with a one-year exemption from #sanctions on #Russian oil and gas imports: a short-term political win that exposes his long-term #dependence, revealing the costs of #illiberalism.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/price-...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/price-...
Zohran Mamdani will be the 111th mayor of New York City. He represents everyday people who struggle to pay rent and bills, let alone save or get ahead. Yes, you can build affordable cities. Vienna did it a hundred years ago, and there is no reason we cannot do it again today. 1/4
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Zohran Mamdani will be the 111th mayor of New York City. He represents everyday people who struggle to pay rent and bills, let alone save or get ahead. Yes, you can build affordable cities. Vienna did it a hundred years ago, and there is no reason we cannot do it again today. 1/4
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Our #DemocracyAroundTheGlobe team is in Athens this week sponsoring and attending the 2025 Athens Democracy Forum!
October 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Our #DemocracyAroundTheGlobe team is in Athens this week sponsoring and attending the 2025 Athens Democracy Forum!
This is such a small world. I’ve just spent a day in Hungary discussing #illiberalism and woke up to this Jimmy #Kimmel story. Trump & co. don’t need direct lessons from Hungary—some of their moves are already beyond #Orbán in radicalism. 1/8
September 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is such a small world. I’ve just spent a day in Hungary discussing #illiberalism and woke up to this Jimmy #Kimmel story. Trump & co. don’t need direct lessons from Hungary—some of their moves are already beyond #Orbán in radicalism. 1/8
I look forward to joining this illustrious panel at the Budapest Forum on the causes of the #populist surge, kicked off by a keynote from Ivan Krastev, one of Europe’s foremost experts on #democracy.
September 17, 13:45-15:00, Budapest, Nádor street 15.
Program: budapestforum.org/understandin...
September 17, 13:45-15:00, Budapest, Nádor street 15.
Program: budapestforum.org/understandin...
September 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I look forward to joining this illustrious panel at the Budapest Forum on the causes of the #populist surge, kicked off by a keynote from Ivan Krastev, one of Europe’s foremost experts on #democracy.
September 17, 13:45-15:00, Budapest, Nádor street 15.
Program: budapestforum.org/understandin...
September 17, 13:45-15:00, Budapest, Nádor street 15.
Program: budapestforum.org/understandin...
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August 30, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Work with us at Georgetown Qatar! We have 3 active open-rank searches across a broad range of topics and regional specializations in international & comparative politics.
Ambitious and engaged students from around the world, 2-2 teaching load, generous research support.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/172432
Ambitious and engaged students from around the world, 2-2 teaching load, generous research support.
👉 apply.interfolio.com/172432
A superb analysis @jacobinmag.bsky.social on why the Democrats are so weak against Trump:
"Their weakness is the result of a decades-long hollowing out of the party, in which organized labor has been displaced by a panoply of interest groups and nonprofit organizations." jacobin.com/2025/08/demo...
"Their weakness is the result of a decades-long hollowing out of the party, in which organized labor has been displaced by a panoply of interest groups and nonprofit organizations." jacobin.com/2025/08/demo...
How the Democratic Party Was Hollowed Out
Democrats appear incapable of mounting a real opposition to Donald Trump. Their weakness is the result of a decades-long hollowing out of the party, in which organized labor has been displaced by a pa...
jacobin.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
A superb analysis @jacobinmag.bsky.social on why the Democrats are so weak against Trump:
"Their weakness is the result of a decades-long hollowing out of the party, in which organized labor has been displaced by a panoply of interest groups and nonprofit organizations." jacobin.com/2025/08/demo...
"Their weakness is the result of a decades-long hollowing out of the party, in which organized labor has been displaced by a panoply of interest groups and nonprofit organizations." jacobin.com/2025/08/demo...
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Poverty obstructs economic recovery.
16m Britons live in poverty
800,000 suffer from nutritional deficiencies.
1-in-200 households experiencing homelessness
1-in-4 young people have mental health conditions.
Scurvy/Rickets are back.
£39bn GDP a year lost due to poverty.
Must redistribute.
16m Britons live in poverty
800,000 suffer from nutritional deficiencies.
1-in-200 households experiencing homelessness
1-in-4 young people have mental health conditions.
Scurvy/Rickets are back.
£39bn GDP a year lost due to poverty.
Must redistribute.
Our state has become a guarantor of corporate profits
Equitable distribution of income and wealth would go a long way towards stimulating domestic demand and investment...
leftfootforward.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Poverty obstructs economic recovery.
16m Britons live in poverty
800,000 suffer from nutritional deficiencies.
1-in-200 households experiencing homelessness
1-in-4 young people have mental health conditions.
Scurvy/Rickets are back.
£39bn GDP a year lost due to poverty.
Must redistribute.
16m Britons live in poverty
800,000 suffer from nutritional deficiencies.
1-in-200 households experiencing homelessness
1-in-4 young people have mental health conditions.
Scurvy/Rickets are back.
£39bn GDP a year lost due to poverty.
Must redistribute.
I had a great conversation with Kai Schnier on his Un-American podcast about the causes and consequences of illiberalism and what Orbán’s Hungary can teach us about Trump’s second term.
You can listen to the episode here: lnkd.in/dipXeevK
#populism #democracy #Trump #Orban #illiberalism #polisky
You can listen to the episode here: lnkd.in/dipXeevK
#populism #democracy #Trump #Orban #illiberalism #polisky
August 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I had a great conversation with Kai Schnier on his Un-American podcast about the causes and consequences of illiberalism and what Orbán’s Hungary can teach us about Trump’s second term.
You can listen to the episode here: lnkd.in/dipXeevK
#populism #democracy #Trump #Orban #illiberalism #polisky
You can listen to the episode here: lnkd.in/dipXeevK
#populism #democracy #Trump #Orban #illiberalism #polisky
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"These are the proverbial adults in the room. They had the power to create friction for fascism. They have instead created a glide-path."
They're Powerful Enough to Resist, But Are Caving to Trump
When fascism reared its head in America, much of civil society chose to debase itself and accommodate it, rather than fight back.
www.rollingstone.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"These are the proverbial adults in the room. They had the power to create friction for fascism. They have instead created a glide-path."
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In this TIME magazine piece about the potential consequences of famine in #Gaza, SHP's Ruth Gibson notes effects of starvation can persist long after people regain access to food.
“What we can’t see is the generational and intergenerational impacts."
“What we can’t see is the generational and intergenerational impacts."
The Medical Consequences of Starvation
The effects can persist long after people regain access to food, experts say.
time.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In this TIME magazine piece about the potential consequences of famine in #Gaza, SHP's Ruth Gibson notes effects of starvation can persist long after people regain access to food.
“What we can’t see is the generational and intergenerational impacts."
“What we can’t see is the generational and intergenerational impacts."
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So here's what @gscheiring.bsky.social told me. "Most of Orban's tactical weapons to take over the media resemble the moves that led to Colbert's cancellation," he said:
July 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
So here's what @gscheiring.bsky.social told me. "Most of Orban's tactical weapons to take over the media resemble the moves that led to Colbert's cancellation," he said:
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The Paramount-Skydance saga "reeks of Orbanism."
That's the assessment of @gscheiring.bsky.social, who experienced Viktor Orbán's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament. 🧵
That's the assessment of @gscheiring.bsky.social, who experienced Viktor Orbán's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament. 🧵
July 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The Paramount-Skydance saga "reeks of Orbanism."
That's the assessment of @gscheiring.bsky.social, who experienced Viktor Orbán's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament. 🧵
That's the assessment of @gscheiring.bsky.social, who experienced Viktor Orbán's autocratic power plays in Hungary firsthand as a member of the Hungarian parliament. 🧵
It was an honor and a pleasure to discuss #authoritarian threats to #democracy with Steve Levitsky at the @kettering.org Democracy Conference this Monday in D.C. I'm grateful to the Kettering Foundation for making this global conversation possible. International #solidarity is the only way to go.
July 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It was an honor and a pleasure to discuss #authoritarian threats to #democracy with Steve Levitsky at the @kettering.org Democracy Conference this Monday in D.C. I'm grateful to the Kettering Foundation for making this global conversation possible. International #solidarity is the only way to go.
Glad to share my latest piece on the autocratic threat and why a lasting solution requires rethinking what democracy is. Democracy thrives when it includes. Out now on the Kettering Foundation blog, Resilience & Resistance.
#Democracy #populism #illiberalism #polisky
kettering.org/why-democrac...
#Democracy #populism #illiberalism #polisky
kettering.org/why-democrac...
July 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Glad to share my latest piece on the autocratic threat and why a lasting solution requires rethinking what democracy is. Democracy thrives when it includes. Out now on the Kettering Foundation blog, Resilience & Resistance.
#Democracy #populism #illiberalism #polisky
kettering.org/why-democrac...
#Democracy #populism #illiberalism #polisky
kettering.org/why-democrac...
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Glad to share a symposium on my book "How the Radical Right Has Changed Capitalism and Welfare" with SER: academic.oup.com/ser/advance-....
Featuring @alexandreafonso.bsky.social, @vapunkt.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, @danielk24.bsky.social, @gscheiring.bsky.social, & rejoinder by myself 👇
Featuring @alexandreafonso.bsky.social, @vapunkt.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, @danielk24.bsky.social, @gscheiring.bsky.social, & rejoinder by myself 👇
July 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Glad to share a symposium on my book "How the Radical Right Has Changed Capitalism and Welfare" with SER: academic.oup.com/ser/advance-....
Featuring @alexandreafonso.bsky.social, @vapunkt.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, @danielk24.bsky.social, @gscheiring.bsky.social, & rejoinder by myself 👇
Featuring @alexandreafonso.bsky.social, @vapunkt.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social, @danielk24.bsky.social, @gscheiring.bsky.social, & rejoinder by myself 👇
When the #ultra-rich and #corporations have huge sway in government decisions and are able to operate without accountability, #democracy deteriorates. In this power punch essay, @kettering.org Democracy Fellow Koketso Moeti explores the implications for South Africa.
👉 kettering.org/the-age-of-t...
👉 kettering.org/the-age-of-t...
July 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
When the #ultra-rich and #corporations have huge sway in government decisions and are able to operate without accountability, #democracy deteriorates. In this power punch essay, @kettering.org Democracy Fellow Koketso Moeti explores the implications for South Africa.
👉 kettering.org/the-age-of-t...
👉 kettering.org/the-age-of-t...
The democratic socialist @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has beaten Cuomo and is now the Democrats’ nominee for Mayor of NYC, de facto Mayor-Elect. Democrats and liberals serious about defeating illiberalism better pay attention. There is a model for organizing the majority and saving democracy. 1/7
June 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The democratic socialist @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has beaten Cuomo and is now the Democrats’ nominee for Mayor of NYC, de facto Mayor-Elect. Democrats and liberals serious about defeating illiberalism better pay attention. There is a model for organizing the majority and saving democracy. 1/7
"Europe’s leaders have internalized their own subordination. They betray international law not for tangible gains, but out of reflexive obedience, a habit that weakens Europe’s global standing while emboldening Washington’s and Jerusalem’s worst impulses." responsiblestatecraft.org/us-strikes-i...
The EU's pathetic response to Trump's Iran attack
Europe jettisoned its principles to suck up to a president that doesn't even know they exist
responsiblestatecraft.org
June 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Europe’s leaders have internalized their own subordination. They betray international law not for tangible gains, but out of reflexive obedience, a habit that weakens Europe’s global standing while emboldening Washington’s and Jerusalem’s worst impulses." responsiblestatecraft.org/us-strikes-i...
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BREAKING: 100+ orgs have signed onto a coalition comment that we drafted alongside @democracyforward.org against the Schedule P/C reclassification that would strip protections for at least 50k federal workers. Read the coalition comment here: protdem.org/3FOlsWz Learn more here: protdem.org/3HH84Ee
Defending civil servants and their ability to work for the American people - Protect Democracy
Fighting to Defend the Law that Protects the Rights of Federal Workers and Their Ability to Provide Critical Goods and Services to the American People
protectdemocracy.org
June 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
BREAKING: 100+ orgs have signed onto a coalition comment that we drafted alongside @democracyforward.org against the Schedule P/C reclassification that would strip protections for at least 50k federal workers. Read the coalition comment here: protdem.org/3FOlsWz Learn more here: protdem.org/3HH84Ee
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We wrote about the US ruling class taking the reins to manage its own decline. What do the Trumpist factions of capital want? Can that be squared with the interests of the MAGA base? Capable state managers could potentially thread the needle, but that's all gone. With @cedricdurand.bsky.social.
America’s Braudelian Autumn | Benjamin Braun & Cédric Durand
Factions of capital in the second Trump administration
www.phenomenalworld.org
May 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
We wrote about the US ruling class taking the reins to manage its own decline. What do the Trumpist factions of capital want? Can that be squared with the interests of the MAGA base? Capable state managers could potentially thread the needle, but that's all gone. With @cedricdurand.bsky.social.