Natasha Lindstaedt
Natasha Lindstaedt is a Professor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex.
Her research interests are Authoritarian Regimes, Populism, Failed States, International Development, and Violent Non-State Actors, having written books on authoritarianism, democratic backsliding, and the rise of authoritarian populism. Her most recent work has focused on personalist dictatorships and autocratization in Eurasia.
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