Saturday, February 26, 2011

Combatting Authoritarian Regimes

> PLA > 
Xina

0:00 Policy analysis 
2:08 Definition
Policy dimensions:
3:40 1. Coercive mechanisms 
4:40 2. Revenue streams (cash flow), where natural resources are optimal
6:52 3. Control over citizens' opportunities ("life chances")
8:50 4. National myths & narratives (humanistic "stories" past glory, traditional enemies) 
10:43 5. International environment (conducive +/- corrosive); anti-Western ideology as convenient scapegoat targeting
13:01 Interplay of policy dimensions
15:27 Role of technology transfer & export controls
17:40 Authoritarian diffusion, indoctrination 
18:39 Xina story
19:29 Successful East Asian economies 
22:27 Mainland Xina 
25:19 Communist ideological trap

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