March 06, 2020

The Rise of Digital Dictators, With Andrea Kendall-Taylor

Andrea Kendall-Taylor, senior fellow and director of the Transatlantic Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the increasing use of technology by authoritarian regimes. Kendall-Taylor’s article “The Digital Dictators: How Technology Strengthens Autocracy,” coauthored with Erica Frantz and Joseph Wright, can be found in the March/April 2020 issue of Foreign Affairs.

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  • Commentary
    • Foreign Affairs
    • February 6, 2020
    The Digital Dictators

    Rapid technological change will likely produce a cat-and-mouse dynamic as citizens and governments race to gain the upper hand....

    By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Erica Frantz & Joseph Wright

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    Exploiting Russian Weakness: Moldova and Georgia at a Crossroads

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    By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Nicholas Lokker

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    Exploiting Russian Weakness

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    By Nicholas Lokker & Andrea Kendall-Taylor

  • Video
    • September 24, 2024
    Andrea Kendall-Taylor and the Axis of Upheaval

    On the Russian Roulette podcast from CSIS, Andrea Kendall-Taylor discusses the rise of cooperation between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, in what she has dubbed 'the ax...

    By Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Max Bergmann & Maria Snegovaya

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