The Orbanization of the United States: Republican Strategies and the Transnational Networks of Radicalized Conservatives
Dear Members and Friends of the AmerikaHaus NRW,
Together with the North American Studies Program at the University of Bonn, the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, and the Deutsch-Kanadische Gesellschaft e.V. we cordially invite you to a lecture on:
The Orbánization of the United States: Republican Strategies and the Transnational Networks of Radicalized Conservatives
PD Dr. Thomas Greven, John F. Kennedy Institute, Free University Berlin
Tuesday, June 4, 2024 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Rabinstr. 8 | Seminarroom 8 | 53111 Bonn
Viktor Orbán’s “illiberal democracy” has become a model for the global radical right. At the Conservative Political Action (CPAC) conference in Washington, DC, in February of 2024, the Heritage Foundation presented its “Project 2025,” a blueprint for a second Trump administration that, if enacted, would essentially mean an “Orbán-ization” of the US. The Center for Fundamental Rights advertised for CPAC Budapest, which took place in April of 2024. How far-reaching is this transnational network of the radical right? While advising not to buy into the right’s narrative of a unified movement against “globalism” and “wokeism,” Dr. Greven shows how its impact goes beyond photo-ops of narcissists like Trump and Orbán.
Teaching political science at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North Ameri-can Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, PD Dr. Thomas Greven is also an independent political consultant and analyst, focusing on US politics, right-wing populism and extremism, labor unions and industrial relations, as well as globalization and development policy.
This event is part of the Lecture Series "Current Issues in North American and Cultural Studies" of the North American Studies Program.