In many democracies, conservative parties are currently under extreme pressure to change. Some, like “Les Républicains” in France, are becoming more radical and are ultimately still marginalized by even more extreme parties. In the United States, a radical base has swept away the Republican Party’s traditional establishment and turned the Grand Old Party (GOP) into a personality cult. Most importantly, the Republicans have become a radical right-wing party. They are an integral part of a global radical right movement. There is no need to give credence to loudmouths like Steve Bannon, who repeatedly announces large-scale networking projects in Europe and Latin America. But international networking is already happening, for example, at conferences such as NatCon or CPAC. The frequency of the National Conservatism Conferences and the Conservative Political Action Conferences is on the rise, as is their international presence. In addition to their annual events held in the US, branch events are popping up in other countries – Hungary plays an important role here. The organizers insist on the “conservative” label for obvious reasons, but the main proponents of this hypermajoritarian and authoritarian “illiberal” democracy are actually engaged in a fundamental attack on “globalism” and “wokeness,” with the goal of establishing an entirely different society. The reactionary polarization entrepreneurs are exploiting people’s general sense of fatigue with democracy and their skepticism vis-à-vis elites to promote the “Orbánization” of Western democracies. With their sovereignist policies, the GOP and other radical right-wing parties are playing into the hands of the geopolitical ambitions of Russia and China, which are claiming spheres of influence for themselves in a multipolar world order.