Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World | Anne Applebaum with Edward Luce

Feb 11, 2026 | Autocracy no longer wears a crown or marches an army. In Autocracy, Inc., Anne Applebaum uncovers a hidden world where dictators, oligarchs, and state-run companies form invisible networks stretching across continents. Money, media, and security move seamlessly between them, bound by a single purpose: undermining democracy. A story of power, ambition, and quiet danger, Applebaum in conversation with celebrated writer Edward Luce reveals how these modern empires operate—and what it will take for the free world to resist. | Presented by HPCL–Mittal Energy Limited

'The Fall of Any Dictator Reflects Badly on All Autocracies'

Dec 15, 2024 | Journalist and author Anne Applebaum joins Trevor Phillips to discuss the network of authoritarian states and the issues they pose for the West.

It comes after the Assad regime which ruled over Syria was toppled by rebel forces.

Ms Applebaum says, "the fall of Assad as a blow to the alliance [of Russia, China, Iran etc] - it may mean Putin doubles down on his war in Ukraine."

Anne Applebaum: Autocracies Don’t Believe in Rules or Norms | Amanpour and Company

Apr 1, 2022 • Anne Applebaum is a staff writer for The Atlantic and a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Her latest article, "There Is No Liberal World Order," argues that unless democracies defend themselves together, the forces of autocracy will destroy them. She joins Michel Martin to discuss this existential struggle. Originally aired on April 1, 2022