Authoritarian regimes around the world continue to silence dissent, shrink civic space, and resort to violence when their power is threatened. These patterns aren’t unique to any one country; they repeat across regions and generations. In our latest episode of the Scholarly Podcast, President Ahrar Ramizpoor sits down with Dr. Owen Lippert to understand why these systems turn violent, what signals reveal that repression is about to intensify, and how propaganda begins to fail when people no l...
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Authoritarian regimes around the world continue to silence dissent, shrink civic space, and resort to violence when their power is threatened. These patterns aren’t unique to any one country; they repeat across regions and generations. In our latest episode of the Scholarly Podcast, President Ahrar Ramizpoor sits down with Dr. Owen Lippert to understand why these systems turn violent, what signals reveal that repression is about to intensify, and how propaganda begins to fail when people no l...
Season 1. Episode 8. Countering Totalitarianism and Extremism
Scholarly
28 minutes
4 months ago
Season 1. Episode 8. Countering Totalitarianism and Extremism
Why are more and more young people around the world being drawn to extreme ideas and radical groups? What role does ideology play in today’s totalitarian regimes, and is it still the driving force behind authoritarian control? And did you know that extremism isn’t always religious; it can also take the form of dangerous secular or political ideologies? These are just some of the big questions we explored in our latest episode of the Scholarly Podcast with Simon Lee, a freedom activist, entrep...
Scholarly
Authoritarian regimes around the world continue to silence dissent, shrink civic space, and resort to violence when their power is threatened. These patterns aren’t unique to any one country; they repeat across regions and generations. In our latest episode of the Scholarly Podcast, President Ahrar Ramizpoor sits down with Dr. Owen Lippert to understand why these systems turn violent, what signals reveal that repression is about to intensify, and how propaganda begins to fail when people no l...