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The adaptive autocrats

Ranveig Eckhoff
Review written by Ranveig Eckhoff
After the fall. The Rise of Authoritarianism in the World We’ve Made
Forfatter: Ben Rhodes Random
Forlag: House Books (USA)
AUTHORITARIAN / What happened after the height of freedom ideals, the fall of the Iron Curtain and Bill Clinton's fusion of liberal politics with market forces? Today, the Chinese's mastery of original Western technology and surveillance seems limitless.




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Ranveig Eckhoff
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