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The year the world reached ‘peak autocrat’
With the big three of the dictators’ club – Iran, Russia and China – facing domestic turmoil and sanity making a comeback at the ballot box, the long democratic winter is starting to break.
Misha ZelinskyColumnistThough it’s too soon to declare global democracy’s 20-year recession over, 2022 is the year the world reached “peak autocrat”.
With the big three of the dictators club – Iran, Russia and China – facing domestic turmoil and sanity making a comeback at the ballot box, the long democratic winter is starting to break.
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