Dr. Chris Ogden

A Celebration of Dr. Chris Ogden's new book The Authoritarian Century

Join us on the 26th of October for the launch of St Andrews Dr. Chris Ogden’s new book The Authoritarian Century.

The rise of authoritarian movements presents an increasing illiberal trend in international affairs. A rapidly modernizing China is at the vanguard of this phenomenon. Does this signal the demise of Western democracy and the dawn of an authoritarian era in world politics? In this book, Chris Ogden argues that the world is on the verge of a capitulation to China's preferred authoritarian order. As other world powers adopt such values, they are facilitating the normalization of this authoritarianism into a dominant global phenomenon. This shift, he says, will transform global institutions, human rights and political systems, and herald an authoritarian century.

This should be an absolutely fascinating night with insight from one of the university's leading experts in International Relations.