Nationalism is aptly described as a political ideology born out of centuries of conflict and one that prioritises the interests, culture and sovereignty of a nation-state. This single idea fractured into competing schools of thought over the course of the 19th century. Each redefined what a nation was, who belonged to it, and even who had the right to say its name. Illustration by The Geostrata FORMATION OF THE IDEA German Romantic thinker Johann Gottfried von Herder, in reac

On April 12, 2026, Péter Magyar, the President-elect of Hungary, stood before thousands of hopeful supporters in Budapest and declared that together they had 'liberated Hungary.' The scale of his Tisza party's victory was, undoubtedly, historic. Tisza secured an estimated 138 seats in the 199-seat National Assembly, which means a firm two-thirds constitutional supermajority, ending the sixteen-year tenure of Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party. Illustration by The Geostrata A regime

On 12 April 2026, Hungary, for the first time in sixteen long years, welcomed a new government to the seat of power. In a watershed moment in Hungarian politics, around 79.5% of Hungary’s electorate turned out to vote in a monumental exercise of democracy. Viktor Orbán, the man who had dominated the seat of power since 2010, was defeated by Peter Magyar by a landslide margin of 138-55. Illustration by The Geostrata This change in governments is not a mere change in ruling par

An overwhelming amount of (mis)information is generated every day for mass consumption all around the world. In elementary terms, this...