The Authoritarian International: Tracing How Authoritarian Regimes Learn in the Post-Soviet space

威权国际：追踪威权政权如何在后苏联时代学习

• 批准号: ES/V010298/1
• 负责人: Stephen Hall
• 金额: $ 12.49万
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FV010298%2F1
• 关键词: Authoritarian; International; Tracing; How; Regimes

My PhD at University College London (UCL) was on authoritarian learning, which has increasing relevance as authoritarian regimes are surviving and collaborating to counter democratic norms. Understanding how these regimes learn and develop the best strategies to counter authoritarian practices is increasingly crucial. With authoritarian regimes developing tools to share experience and learn how to survive efforts at democracy promotion are endangered. A monograph and articles addressing this will provide an understanding of the survival practices of authoritarian regimes, how they collaborate with one another and how they counter democracy promotion activities of Western states. A key aim of the Fellowship is to analyse a unique and interesting subject and direct attention to authoritarian perseverance and development of learning capacities. Findings of the research would benefit a wide audience, in academia, and in continental organisations, governments, and non-governmental organisations. During the PhD, I developed a methodology combining case studies, process-tracing and interviews to gather sufficient evidence to analyse how authoritarian regimes learn.My PhD has contributed to the academic literature finding that authoritarian and democratic learning incorporates experiential and social learning theories. Experiential learning allows regimes to test what works and what does not. Social learning theory is about acquiring knowledge from the successes and failures of not only internal but also external examples. Authoritarian regimes learn from external and internal sources to develop appropriate survival strategies. The networks of authoritarian regimes are extensive and these systems play a significant role in linking authoritarian regimes together, which aids learning and the development of survival practices. Regional organisations are also crucial institutions as they allow authoritarian members to collaborate and provide venues for developing survival tactics.During my PhD I published four articles on aspects of authoritarian learning:2017a. "Learning from past experience: Yanukovych's implementation of authoritarianism after 2004." Journal of Eurasian Studies. 8(2): 161-171.2017b. "Preventing a Colour Revolution: the Belarusian example as an illustration for the Kremlin?" East European Politics. 33(2): 162-183.with Ambrosio, T. 2017. "Authoritarian learning: a conceptual overview." East European Politics. 33(2): 143-161.2019. "Improving the Kremlin's Preventive Counter-Revolution Practices after the 2011-2012 Winter of Discontent and the Euromaidan." Russian Politics. 4(4): 466-491.The main objective of the Fellowship is to enhance my publication record, by submitting articles to journals like Europe-Asia Studies, Problems of Post-Communism, Post-Soviet Affairs and the Journal of Democracy. Another objective is to turn the thesis into a monograph, allowing me to expand the literature and draw attention to the unique subject of authoritarian learning. As structured the thesis lends itself to publication as a book, and I will turn parts of the thesis into articles too. I will contact the two publishers I wish to submit to in Cambridge and Oxford University Presses. I have been in contact with Routledge over their BASEES series, having met the editor at a BASEES conference in 2018. While I disseminate my findings to a wider non-academic audience in the UK and Europe, I will also improve my contact network in America, Europe and the post-Soviet region through conference presentations. I will update my pre-existing fieldwork, based on my Russian-language skills in the region by trips to the four countries. I will also improve my pedagogical skills by guest lecturing in relevant modules. Under the Fellowship I will improve my publication record, and my network preparing me for my career in academia.

我在伦敦大学学院（UCL）的博士学位是关于威权学习的，随着威权政权的生存和合作来对抗民主规范，这一点越来越重要。了解这些政权如何学习和制定对抗独裁做法的最佳策略变得越来越重要。随着专制政权发展分享经验和学习如何生存的工具，促进民主的努力受到威胁。一个专题和文章解决这个问题将提供一个专制政权的生存实践的理解，他们如何相互合作，以及他们如何对抗西方国家的民主促进活动。该研究金的一个主要目的是分析一个独特而有趣的主题，并直接关注专制主义的毅力和学习能力的发展。研究结果将使学术界、大陆组织、政府和非政府组织的广大受众受益。在博士期间，我开发了一种结合案例研究，过程跟踪和访谈的方法，以收集足够的证据来分析专制政权如何学习。我的博士学位有助于学术文献发现专制和民主学习结合了经验和社会学习理论。体验式学习使制度能够检验哪些可行，哪些不可行。社会学习理论是关于从内部和外部的成功和失败中获取知识的。专制政权从外部和内部资源中学习，以制定适当的生存战略。专制政权的网络很广泛，这些系统在将专制政权联系在一起方面发挥着重要作用，这有助于学习和发展生存做法。区域组织也是至关重要的机构，因为它们允许威权成员合作，并为发展生存策略提供场所。在我的博士学位期间，我发表了四篇关于威权学习方面的文章：2017 a。“从过去的经验中学习：亚努科维奇在2004年后实施威权主义。《欧亚研究杂志》8（2）：161- 171.2017 b.“防止颜色革命：白俄罗斯的例子作为克里姆林宫的例证？“东欧政治。33（2）：162- 183。2017.权威主义学习：概念概述。“东欧政治。33（2）：143-161.2019。“在2011-2012年不满之冬和亲欧盟示威之后，改善克里姆林宫的预防性反革命做法。”俄罗斯政治。第四条第四款：466- 491.奖学金的主要目的是提高我的出版记录，通过向《欧亚研究》、《后共产主义问题》、《后苏联事务》和《民主杂志》等期刊投稿。另一个目标是把论文变成一本专著，使我能够扩展文献，并引起人们对权威学习这一独特主题的关注。由于结构的论文本身适合作为一本书出版，我会把论文的部分变成文章了。我将联系两个出版商，我希望提交给剑桥和牛津大学出版社。我一直在联系他们的BASEES系列，在2018年的BASEES会议上遇到了编辑。在我向英国和欧洲更广泛的非学术受众传播我的研究结果的同时，我还将通过会议演讲来改善我在美国，欧洲和后苏联地区的联系网络。我将根据我在该地区的俄语技能，通过访问这四个国家来更新我以前的实地考察。我还将通过客座教授相关模块来提高我的教学技能。在奖学金下，我将提高我的出版记录，我的网络为我在学术界的职业生涯做准备。