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Strongmen
June 16, 2022
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Michael Tomasky
Can Liberal Democracy Survive?
In this TNR Live discussion, editor Michael Tomasky and three panelists discuss threats to democracy—from Trump 2024 to the crumbling international order.
April 15, 2022
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Trump, Putin, and the Politics of Domination
How strongmen use personality cults and alternate realities to stay in power
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There’s More to Authoritarianism Than Cults of Personality
A study of strongmen misses deeper reasons for democratic collapse.
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