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Illiberal Authoritarian Systems

BI Article
Mapping the Authoritarian Populism "Conflict Complex," an Overview
An overview of six upcoming Frontiers Seminar posts that apply conflict mapping techniques to the authoritarian populism problem.

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Disadvantages of Authoritarian Systems
For democracies to be successful, its citizens need to understand the often hidden threats associated with authoritarian systems -- systems in which the people are often brutally suppressed and exploited.

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Authoritarian Threats to Be Overcome
In addition to being able to defend themselves from direct, "kinetic" attacks from aggressive authoritarian regimes, democracies also need to resist sophisticated propaganda and hybrid warfare tactics.

News and Opinion
China's Artificial Intelligence Surveillance State Goes Global
As we struggle with past injustices, we must also fight the injustices of the future. Chinese-style authoritarianism could easily come here.

News and Opinion
Both Left and Right Are Converging on Authoritarianism
A different and thought-provoking argument that hyper-polarization isn't the big problem. Rather it's a symptom of a bigger problem -- illiberalism on both the left and the right.

News and Opinion
The Cause That Turned Idealists Into Authoritarian Zealots
In the context of the history of the Communist Movement, an examination of how idealistic campaigns can turn into authoritarian movements.

News and Opinion
We've Just Had a Glimpse of the World to Come
An essay exploring the possibility that the recent meeting of the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, and China might offer a preview of what a much more authoritarian world order might look like.

News and Opinion
The New Rasputins
An update on the insidious new ways that established and aspiring autocrats are using 21st-century information technologies to advance and solidify their positions.

News and Opinion
If and when you live in a dictatorship, how will you know?
As we continue to agonize over whether or not we are becoming an authoritarian society, the timely essay that helps us understand what dictatorship really looks like.

News and Opinion
The authoritarian takeover attempt is here
An especially well-documented explanation of why so many people are so deeply alarmed by the way in which Kilmar Abrego Garcia was imprisoned in El Salvador.

News and Opinion
The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History
Insights into Trump administration corruption from one of the world's leading experts on authoritarianism

News and Opinion
America's Political Chaos Is Enviable When You Live in an Autocracy
This is really old. Why is it in the queue now?