Anne Applebaum to discuss her book Autocracy, Inc.
O'Flanagan Theatre, Royal College of Surgeons O'Flanagan Theatre, Royal College of Surgeons, 123 St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Dublin, IrelandAll of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays, autocracies are run not by one bad guy, but by sophisticated networks composed of kleptocratic financial structures, security...