Articles by Prokop Válek

November 3, 2026

🔮 How US conservatives are adopting Orbán’s classroom war

Prokop Válek
American conservatives revere the illiberal playbook of former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Perhaps nowhere is this inspiration more visible than in education. Yet, says Prokop Válek, this battleground against 'the woke agenda' also reveals clear limits to transnational populist learning
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Prokop Válek
Master's Student in Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague

Prokop has led education projects at the Association for International Affairs.

He has also interned at the Permanent Mission of Czechia to the UN, and at OSCE in Vienna.

He is interested in the transnational diffusion of populist parties, US politics, and educational and youth policy.

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