Democratic Vulnerability and Autocratic Meddling
The "Thucydidean Brink" in Regressive Geopolitical Competition
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book investigates complex regressive dynamics in contemporary Western democracies. They include not only severe polarization in domestic politics, but also efforts by external autocratic powers to co-opt the increasingly digitalized political processes...
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This book investigates complex regressive dynamics in contemporary Western democracies. They include not only severe polarization in domestic politics, but also efforts by external autocratic powers to co-opt the increasingly digitalized political processes in the West. The discussion on democratic vulnerability and regression has rarely been historically and theoretically reflective. The aim is to fill this relative void by drawing on classical sources to inform about the political anxieties and agitations of our present time as the Western world moves towards new critical elections. The key concept of the analysis, a Thucydidean brink, refers to a critical point where the attraction felt towards an outside geopolitical competitor becomes stronger than the political affinity felt towards one's domestic political opponent. As political polarization, societal decomposition and the collusive tendencies grow in strength, political factions and political candidates in western societies can be(come) drawn to autocratic actors. Perhaps most alarmingly, the resulting nexus between democracies and autocracies can further intensify mutual regression and form downwards-sloping spirals that are not ultimately under any strategic control. This book draws from the experiences of recent elections in major Western democracies to illustrate the widening and deepening underlying regressive tendency.Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Democratic Vulnerability and Autocratic Meddling “
1. IntroductionEmerging Geo-Gigital Power Practices
The Thucydidean Brink and Regressive Coupling
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2. The Thucydidean Brink
From Democracy into Autocracy
Thucydidean Model of Political Regression
Stages of Regressive Slide
Six-Stage regression Scale
References
3. Grim Pull of American Democratic Vulnerability
Pull of State Drama in the US
Attraction of Drama Internally and Externally
Modes of Regression and American Political Religion
Global Appeal
References
4. Russian Cyber-enabled Diversions in the West
Geostrategic Transformation towards Domains
Russian Showcasing Western Weakness through Cyber
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5. Pattern of Meddling in 2016 US Elections
The Hacking of the 2016 US Elections
Destabilizing and InfluencingForeign Policy Debates
Democratic Vulnerability
References
6. Stages of Digitalized regressive Meddling
Targetting and Timing
French and German Elections: Downstream and Blowback Effects
Lessons Learnt
References
7. Crowdsourced Meddling and Flow-State
Crowdsourcing as internal/external interface
References
8. Contrast Point: The Chinese Recruitment Web
LinkedIn as a Chinese Influence Vector
Power-Political Vulnerability of the Digitalized Public Sphere
Implications and Counter-Measures
References
9. Covid-19 Pandemic Catalyzes Deepening Regressive Trajectories
Regression Makes Epidemics Worse
Covid-19 Inevitably Promotes Further Division
References
5. Pattern of Meddling in 2016 US Elections
The Hacking of the 2016 US Elections
Destabilizing and InfluencingForeign Policy Debates
Democratic Vulnerability
References
6. Stages of Digitalized regressive Meddling
Targetting and Timing
French and German Elections: Downstream and Blowback Effects
Lessons Learnt
References
7. Crowdsourced Meddling and Flow-State
Crowdsourcing as internal/external interface
References
8. Contrast Point: The Chinese Recruitment Web
LinkedIn as a Chinese Influence Vector
Power-Political Vulnerability of the Digitalized Public Sphere
Implications and Counter-Measures
References
9. Covid-19 Pandemic Catalyzes Deepening Regressive Trajectories
Regression Makes Epidemics Worse
Covid-19 Inevitably Promotes Further Division
References
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Autoren-Porträt von Mika Aaltola
Mika Aaltola is Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland, and Professor of International Relations at Tallinn University, Estonia. His previous books include Sowing the Seeds of Sacred: Political Religion of American Era (2008), Western Spectacles of Governance and the Emergence of Humanitarian World Order (2009), Understanding the Politics of Pandemic Scares (2012), and Challenge of Global Commons and Flows for US Power (2016). His current research focuses on understanding the impact of current ideational, cognitive, and technological flows on global order and power. Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Mika Aaltola
- 2020, 1st ed. 2021, VII, 198 Seiten, Masse: 15,1 x 21,7 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Springer, Berlin
- ISBN-10: 3030546012
- ISBN-13: 9783030546014
Sprache:
Englisch
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