Authoritarian Diffusion and Cooperation Interests vs. Ideology

André Bank, "Authoritarian Diffusion and Cooperation: Interests vs. Ideology "
English | ISBN: 1138322334 | 2018 | 128 pages | EPUB | 406 KB
To shed light on the global reassertion of authoritarianism in recent years, this volume analyses transnational diffusion and international cooperation among non-democratic regimes. How and with what effect do authoritarian regimes learn from each other? For what purpose and how successfully do they cooperate? The volume highlights that present-day autocrats pursue mainly pragmatic interests, rather than ideological missions. Consequently, the connections among authoritarian regimes have primarily defensive purposes, especially insulation against democracy promotion by the West. As a result, the authors do not foresee a major recession of democracy, as occurred with the rise of fascism during the interwar years.