Open Networks, Closed Regimes

The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule

Shanthi Kalathil, Taylor C Boas

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English

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
20 January 2022

International relations; Internet guides & online services

As the Internet diffuses across the globe, many have come to believe that the technology poses an insurmountable threat to authoritarian rule. Grounded in the Internet's early libertarian culture and predicated on anecdotes pulled from diverse political climates, this conventional wisdom has informed the views of policymakers, business leaders, and media pundits alike. Yet few studies have sought to systematically analyze the exact ways in which Internet use may lay the basis for political change. Here, the authors take a comprehensive look at how a broad range of societal and political actors in eight authoritarian and semi-authoritarian countries employ the Internet. Based on the methodical assessment of evidence from these cases-China, Cuba, Singapore, Vietnam, Burma, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt - the study contends that the Internet is not necessarily a threat to authoritarian regimes.

By: Shanthi Kalathil, Taylor C Boas
Imprint: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 19g
ISBN: 9780870031946
ISBN 10: 0870031945
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 20 January 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Shanthi Kalathil is associate in the Information Revolution and World Politics Project at the Carnegie Endowment. A former Hong Kong-based journalist, she has written extensively on Asian politics in the information age. Taylor C. Boas is pursuing a Ph.D. in political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously he worked at the Carnegie Endowment in the Information Revolution and World Politics Project.