Democracies: "Sovereign" and "Illiberal": The Russian-Hungarian game of adjectives and its implications for regional security
Journal: Journal of Regional Security
Year: 2020

The aim of this study is to explore the Hungarian discourse of "illiberal democracy" alongside the older Russian doctrine of "sovereign democracy", to see their possible implications for regional security and examine broader cultural and political backgrounds of these doctrines. The paper argues that the tension between notions of past historical greatness and the currently diminished power status results in the othering of the liberal order, which is seen as responsible for this degradation. Th