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Book Title: Defeating The Dictators /T
ISBN: 9781399704441
By Author(s):CHARLES DUNST
By Publisher:HODDER UK
Format:TPB
A Financial Times Best Book of the Week
A Financial Express (India) 2023 Top Pick
"Defeating the Dictators is a rare book: a deeply-researched and engaging work that both details the challenges democracies face, and offers us clear and persuasive solutions." -U.S. Senator Chris Coons
"Remarkable. A thoughtful and perceptive book." -Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP, former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer
"Charles Dunst's deeply researched, timely and powerful book offers a blueprint for how democracies should fight back." -Sir Kim Darroch, former UK National Security Adviser and Ambassador to the United States
The world is currently experiencing the lowest levels of democracy we have seen in over thirty years. Autocracy is on the rise, and while the cost of autocracy seems evident, it nevertheless remains an attractive option to many.
While leaders like Viktor Orbán disrupt democratic foundations from within, autocrats like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin do so from abroad, eroding democratic institutions and values and imperilling democracies that appear increasingly fragile. There are even those who, disillusioned with the current institutions in place, increasingly think authoritarianism can deliver them a better life than democracy has or could.
They're wrong. Autocracy is not the solution - better democracy is. But we have to make the case for it. We have to combat institutional rot by learning from one another, and, at times, from our rivals. And we have to get our own houses in order. Only then can we effectively stand up for democratic values around the world and defeat the dictators.
A Financial Express (India) 2023 Top Pick
"Defeating the Dictators is a rare book: a deeply-researched and engaging work that both details the challenges democracies face, and offers us clear and persuasive solutions." -U.S. Senator Chris Coons
"Remarkable. A thoughtful and perceptive book." -Rt. Hon. Jeremy Hunt MP, former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer
"Charles Dunst's deeply researched, timely and powerful book offers a blueprint for how democracies should fight back." -Sir Kim Darroch, former UK National Security Adviser and Ambassador to the United States
The world is currently experiencing the lowest levels of democracy we have seen in over thirty years. Autocracy is on the rise, and while the cost of autocracy seems evident, it nevertheless remains an attractive option to many.
While leaders like Viktor Orbán disrupt democratic foundations from within, autocrats like Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin do so from abroad, eroding democratic institutions and values and imperilling democracies that appear increasingly fragile. There are even those who, disillusioned with the current institutions in place, increasingly think authoritarianism can deliver them a better life than democracy has or could.
They're wrong. Autocracy is not the solution - better democracy is. But we have to make the case for it. We have to combat institutional rot by learning from one another, and, at times, from our rivals. And we have to get our own houses in order. Only then can we effectively stand up for democratic values around the world and defeat the dictators.
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