Autocracy, Inc.

Ever wonder why dictatorships seem to be on the rise, even in the digital age? Discover the hidden network connecting autocrats from Russia and China to Venezuela and Iran, and learn how they're secretly working together to undermine democracy and maintain their grip on power. You'll explore the modern authoritarian's playbook, from weaponizing social media and deploying sophisticated surveillance to laundering money and exporting corruption. Uncover how this global alliance threatens your freedom and what you can do to recognize and resist their influence in your own country.

Anne Applebaum is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and staff writer for The Atlantic, celebrated for her profound and prescient analysis of authoritarianism in the modern world. For over thirty years, she has reported from Eastern Europe, witnessing firsthand the erosion of democracy and the rise of the transnational autocratic networks she exposes in this book. Her unique perspective, forged through decades of on-the-ground journalism and rigorous historical research, provides an unparalleled guide to the new threats facing global freedom.