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Misha Zelinsky

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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Though 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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Misha Zelinsky is a Fulbright Scholar, a former assistant national secretary Australian Workers' Union, and expert associate at the National Security College.

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