For the first time in history, autocracies are working together to stay in power.

Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one bad actor, but by sophisticated networks relying on kleptocratic financial structures, security services—military, paramilitary, police—and technological experts who provide surveillance, propaganda, and disinformation. The democratic world is in denial about how it has unwittingly helped to consolidate this new reality. What we stand to lose is our ability to dictate our own economic future and possibly our democratic systems.

Joining legendary foreign correspondent Luke Harding, historian and journalist Anne Applebaum shares how rogue states survive under sanctions, what anonymous companies mean for democracy, and what is at stake in November for America and the world beyond.

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