Summer Reading: Diamond, Plattner and Walker, Authoritarianism Goes Global

Last year, I wrote about the problem of “democracy promotion in reverse” and spotlighted a website managed by the International Forum for Democratic Studies called Resurgent Dictatorship (link is external). The site provides resources on how major authoritarian regimes are cooperating and learning from each other, manipulating media and attempting to reshape democratic norms. In a short post for the blog (link is external), I argued that Beijing’s long-run strategy of deep engagement with North

Source: Peterson Institute (PIIE)