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- Sep 11, 2020
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- 00:32:19
Although US President Donald Trump’s efforts to undermine the election are shameless, they are still more subtle than the outright election rigging that one finds in places like Belarus. Like other authoritarian leaders, Trump is deploying a new anti-democratic politics that has yet to be fully comprehended. Together with Asli Aydintasbas, Jeremy Shapiro and Andrew Wilson, Mark Leonard depicts seven dirty tricks that Trump seems to be borrowing from e.g. Russian President Vladimir Putin or Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Further reading: "Trump's dirty trick" by Mark Leonard:
https://buff.ly/2EYW4xG
This podcast was recorded on 9 September 2020.
Bookshelf:
- “Circe” and “The song of Achilles” by Madeline Miller
- “The eternal city: A history of Rome” by Ferdinand Addis
- “Democracy for sale” by Peter Geoghegan
Picture (c) Gage Skidmore
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