Autocracy 2.0: How China’s Rise Reinvented Tyranny

Great power competition requires countries to be technological leaders, but an influential literature holds that autocracies, which suppress creativity and information flows, stifle innovation. Many observers of China's rise thus argued that it would be unable to compete technologically with the United States.

In her new book, Autocracy 2.0, Jennifer Lind argues that China has become a global innovation leader. She argues that China and other "smart authoritarians" have adapted their tools of control to better compete with free societies in today's globalized information age. Authoritarian adaptation suggests that China—and the countries that emulate its smart authoritarian model—will be far more competitive than many observers expect: which has dramatic implications for the balance of power, the future of international order, and the global struggle between democracy and authoritarianism.

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