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"'Researchers' from Hungarian #GONGOs can sometimes be spotted at international conferences, where they present legitimating narratives veiled as 'research papers'". @ehanelt.bsky.social on the role of government-sponsored or -affiliated think tanks in #Hungary and beyond.

📢 Podcast #26 is out🎙️
In this episode @plovism.bsky.social & Kamila Smagulova meet w/ Sebastien Peyrouse (Institute for European,Russian and Eurasian Studies). Sebastien explains how #GONGOs function as a tool of influence & legitimicy of #authoritarian regimes.
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Unmasking GONGOS as Agents of Illiberalism: A Case Study of the OSCE | illiberalism.org Over the past two decades, Government-Organized Non-Governmental Organizations (GONGOs) have proliferated in autocratic regimes, posing significant threats to global democratic governance. These entit...

New eBook!📕Sebastien Peyrouse on the instrumentalization of #GONGOS to propagate #authoritarian regimes using meetings at the #OSCE as a case study.

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