The Rise of sophisticated authoritarianism in Southeast Asia

本项目旨在调查东南亚独裁统治的持续性。在全球民主衰退的背景下，该项目旨在确定独裁者和占主导地位的政党如何学会使用日益复杂的技术来维持权力。使用五个原始的案例研究和三个定性方法，预期的结果是一个解释专制政权的生存，是访问和信息的学术界，决策和民主促进社区。从该项目中获得的知识可用于维护澳大利亚在国外维护和发展民主的利益。其好处将是减少决策方面的风险和改善国家安全。

This project aims to investigate the persistence of authoritarian rule in Southeast Asia. Against the backdrop of a global democratic recession, the project seeks to identify how dictators and dominant parties have learnt to maintain power using increasingly sophisticated techniques. Using five original case studies and three qualitative methods, the expected outcome is an explanation for the survival of authoritarian regimes that is accessible and informative to the academic, policymaking and democracy promotion communities. The knowledge gained from this project can be used to safeguard Australia’s interest in the preservation and growth of democracy abroad. The benefits will be risk reduction in terms of decision making and improved national security.