Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is a troublesome ally.
The populist has spent much of 12-year stint railing against his partners and allies in the European Union and NATO, cultivating ties with their strategic adversaries, and reveling in the outrage of liberal mainstream media at home and abroad.
Orban’s mutinous rhetoric—and his regular expressions of sympathy for Moscow—has taken on new weight since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops into Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
In the 12 months since, Budapest has consistently sought to disrupt the EU’s sanctions retaliation against Moscow and NATO’s ever-expanding military support of Kyiv.
As Hungarian parliamentarians begin deliberations on the expansion of NATO to include Finland and Sweden—which could prove one of the most significant consequences of Russia’s war—Orban now has another chance to derail Western strategy.
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