Alex Dukalskis
Associate professor in the School of Politics and International Relations at University College Dublin, researcher on authoritarianism and co-author of Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics.
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Feb 23, 2026 • 37min
How authoritarianism went from defense to offense on the world stage
Alex Dukalskis, associate professor at UCD studying authoritarianism, and Alexander Cooley, Barnard political scientist on authoritarian influence, discuss how autocratic states learned and adapted since the 1990s. They cover stigmatizing NGOs, legal shields and censorship, corporate pressure from market access, media expansion, and sports as soft power. The conversation maps a five-stage playbook for projecting authoritarian power globally.
