Democratic Vulnerability and Autocratic Meddling : The "Thucydidean Brink" in Regressive Geopolitical Competition /: The "Thucydidean Brink" in Regressive Geopolitical Competition. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mika Aaltola.
• Authors: Aaltola, Mika
• Contents: 1. Introduction Emerging Geo-Gigital Power Practices The Thucydidean Brink and Regressive Coupling References 2. The Thucydidean Brink From Democracy into Autocracy Thucydidean Model of Political Regression Stages of Regressive Slide Six-Stage regression Scale References 3. Grim Pull of American Democratic Vulnerability Pull of State Drama in the US Attraction of Drama Internally and Externally Modes of Regression and American Political Religion Global Appeal References 4. Russian Cyber-enabled Diversions in the West Geostrategic Transformation towards Domains Russian Showcasing Western Weakness through Cyber References 5. Pattern of Meddling in 2016 US Elections The Hacking of the 2016 US Elections Destabilizing and InfluencingForeign Policy Debates Democratic Vulnerability References 6. Stages of Digitalized regressive Meddling Targetting and Timing French and German Elections: Downstream and Blowback Effects Lessons Learnt References 7. Crowdsourced Meddling and Flow-State Crowdsourcing as internal/external interface References 8. Contrast Point: The Chinese Recruitment Web LinkedIn as a Chinese Influence Vector Power-Political Vulnerability of the Digitalized Public Sphere Implications and Counter-Measures References 9. Covid-19 Pandemic Catalyzes Deepening Regressive Trajectories Regression Makes Epidemics Worse Covid-19 Inevitably Promotes Further Division References.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (198 pages)
• Subjects: Political science; Elections; Democracy; International relations; Political theory; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; Political Science -- History & Theory; Political structures: democracy; International relations; Political science & theory; Elections & referenda
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030546021
• Related ISBNs: 9783030546014
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