Many PR firms work for brutal regimes — polishing their image, attacking critics, and helping dictators cling to power. Alexander Dukalskis, Christian Gläßel, and Adam Scharpf ask: why does this happen, and what can democratic societies do to stop it?
Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for International Security, Hertie School, Berlin
Christian investigates fundamental questions of authoritarian politics and touches new grounds on the inner workings of dictatorial regimes.
His findings help us understand when autocracies develop, how they cement their rule, and why they break down.
Christian's work on secret police forces, censorship, repression, and sportswashing has been published in the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, and The Journal of Politics, among others.
His forthcoming Oxford University Press book, Making a Career in Dictatorship, (co-authored with Adam Scharpf) reveals why some ordinary men engage in repression and coup attempts, while others don't.
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