The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin's Russia

His latest book is The Return: Russia’s Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev, The Free Press, 2011.. Daniel Treisman is a professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and founding director of the Russia Political Insight project (russiapoliticalinsight)

Nor does Russia fit the standard political science model of a "competitive authoritarian" regime; its parliament, political parties, and other political bodies are neither fakes to fool the West nor forums for bargaining among the elites.The result of a two-year collaboration between top Russian experts and Western political scholars, Autocracy explores the complex roles of Russia's presidency, security services, parliament, media and other actors. Corruption is prevalent at all levels of government and business, but Russia's leaders pursue broader and more complex goals than one would expect in a typical kleptocracy, such as those in many developing countries. The fake news, hackers, and trolls that featured in Russia’s foreign policy during the 2016 U.S. Corruption, fake news, and the "informational autocracy" sustaining Putin in powerAfter fading into the background for many years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia suddenly has emerged as a new threatat least in the minds of many Westerners. pres

His latest book is The Return: Russia’s Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev, The Free Press, 2011.. About the AuthorDaniel Treisman is a professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and founding director of the Russia Political Insight project (russiapoliticalinsight)