Jetsetting Orbán is speed-dating global strongmen but at what cost?

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Europe’s pariah prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is jetting across the globe in search of friends. Hungary, an EU and Nato member that has been backsliding on democratic norms for more than a decade, has become even more isolated in the western club over the past months. Orbán has irritated allies by blocking a much-needed EU financial aid package for Ukraine, while Hungary’s parliament has dragged its feet on ratifying Sweden’s bid to join Nato. Critics say Hungarian domestic politics appears to have become a secondary priority for the longtime leader, who is spending more and more of his time on...