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Foreign Affairs Book Group Online
This is a hybrid program. Patrons can register to participate online or in-person (Community Room #5). Both are free to the public.
To receive the attendee join link and password, make sure to complete the program registration.
The March book selection is Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century by Sergei Guryev and Daniel Treisman. The book traces how leaders such as Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew and Peru's Alberto Fujimori pioneered less violent, more covert, and more effective methods of monopolizing power. They cultivated an image of competence, concealed censorship, and used democratic institutions to undermine democracy, all while increasing international engagement for financial and reputational benefits. The book reveals why most of today's authoritarians are spin dictators - and how they differ from the remaining "fear dictators" such as Kim Jong-un and Bashar al-Assad, as well as from masters of high-tech repression like Xi Jinping.
- Date:
- Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 9:00pm
- Location:
- Community Room #5
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Book Discussion
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
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