Heritage president Kevin Roberts is aligning the think tank with Paul Gottfried’s Chronicles magazine and its paleoconservative network, signaling a shift toward figures tied to white nationalism. The article chronicles Samuel Francis’s praise for David Duke and extremist groups, and Gottfried’s defense of those views, to show how paleo ideologies are gaining influence in mainstream conservative institutions.

The author reports on Hungary’s election where Viktor Orbán faces a strong challenge from Péter Magyar amid rising economic hardship, linking today’s campaign to 19th-century American enthusiasm for Lajos Kossuth. He then examines how Nick Fuentes and other online paleocons have revived extremist ideas that William F. Buckley long tried to exclude from mainstream conservatism.