Autocratic for the People: How the New Tyrants Rule

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🗓️ 19 May 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Authoritarian leaders are dominating 21st century politics. How did this new generation of strongmen rise to power? Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times, joins Nick Cohen to discuss his new book The Age of The Strongman, which covers the rise of the modern-day dictator, and what their leadership means for the world. “There was always going to be a backlash against the ‘end of history’ way of doing things.” “With the West having gone through the financial crisis, it wasn’t hard for China to say ‘we are the future’.” “For the key period of getting Brexit done, Boris Johnson did follow the strongman tradition.” “If Putin had won a quick victory in Ukraine, it would’ve been a huge boost for the strongman ideal.” ”Trump changed the rhetoric of America. He embraced Putin’s arguments.” https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Nick Cohen. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofronijevic. Audio production by Jade Bailey. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.6	Today I'm delighted to be joined by Gideon Rackman of the Financial Times,
1:19.3	who has written the Age of the Strong Man
1:21.8	about personality cults, dictatorial and quasi-dictatorial leaders sprouting
1:28.6	up everywhere in the world in the 21st century about who they are and why they have appeared.
1:34.3	Gideon, lovely to have you on.
1:36.4	Good to be on, thanks, Nick.
1:38.0	Your book, which I thoroughly recommend,
1:41.0	can I start with a question, the scope is global. You cover everywhere from China to Mexico to Israel to Saudi Arabia to Hungary to Britain and United States.
1:50.0	Do you see a common cause in the rise of strong man politics?
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