Autocracy Inc.
by Anne Applebaum
Anne Applebaum’s Autocracy Inc. investigates the increasingly coordinated networks of authoritarianism reshaping global politics. Drawing on years of research and reporting, she argues that today’s autocrats collaborate across borders, sharing tactics, technologies, and propaganda strategies. Applebaum explains how democratic backsliding is not accidental but carefully engineered. Her writing is sharp, urgent, and deeply informed, weaving historical parallels with contemporary case studies. She charts the rise of digital repression, elite corruption, and ideological manipulation with clarity and moral force. The book is a warning but also a call to action, urging democratic societies to recognize the scale and sophistication of the threat.
