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Fixing Democracy: Confronting the Strongmen

Fixing Democracy: Confronting the Strongmen

Update: 2025-10-22
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For the final episode in this series David talks to historian Ayse Zarakol about the prospects for democracy in the age of strongman politics, from Trump to Erdogan, from Orban to Modi. Where did the strongmen come from? How unusual is this kind of politics in the broad sweep of history? Does democracy have the wherewithal to resist its pull? And if not, what happens next?


The 4th film in our autumn season at the Regent Street Cinema in London is coming up on Wednesday 5th November: a screening of Derek Jarman’s Wittgenstein followed by a live recording of PPF with writer and philosopher Nikhil Krishnan. Get your tickets now https://bit.ly/47bsJcN


Up next: Fixing Democracy Q & A w/David Klemperer

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Fixing Democracy: Confronting the Strongmen

Fixing Democracy: Confronting the Strongmen

David Runciman