Autocracies around the world—led by China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia—have shared tactics and techniques to strengthen authoritarian rule around the globe. For instance, Russia has pioneered laws on restricting funding in civil society, and China has demonstrated strategies for controlling the Internet, both of which have been adopted in other autocracies.

Cooperation Among Autocracies

Some autocratization has been driven by current autocracies becoming more autocratic.

Wesleyan University

There are now more people living in autocracies than in democracies around the world, reflecting a growing trend towards autocracy since the supposed victory of democracy after the fall of the Soviet Union. This trend towards autocracy has largely been driven by democratically elected autocrats practicing democratic erosion throughout the 2000s and 2010s, not by violent coups.

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