Authoritarian regimes, such as Vladimir Putin's are common in history. Despite the outward appearance, notes Prof. Natasha Lindstaedt, professor of government at the University of Essex (2007-), there is always the risk that someone just off the stage may take actions into his own hands and wrest the nation's management from the autocrat's hands.
Professor Lindstaedt specializes in authoritarian regimes, democratic backsliding, state failure and human security. In addition to her academic work, she has served as a consultant for the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Western Asia (Middle East), the European Union External Action Service, and International Institution for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA).
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:12 How do Regimes like Putin's fall?
02:18 Statistically: What causes dictators to fall?
03:23 Why Putin's Friends - or his Most Dangerous Risk?
04:23 Was Prigozhin's invasion of Russia a near-coup?
06:45 How does Putin keep power?
09:50 How have dictatorships changed in the past few years?
11:37 Why do dictators bother to do elections if the results are guaranteed?
12:39 Is there a critical mass, for dictators to stay in power, of the number of protestors they must kill?
14:27 What is the most important thing for a dictator to do to keep power?
16:20 Should people under dictatorships in Russia, Iran, etc., have hope?
18:33 End
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