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Online webinar: Authoritarianism Is a Systemic Risk, with Hardy Merriman

Hardy Merriman discusses his new volume on how the consequences of authoritarianism compound over time, and where people power fits in the response. Thursday, November 5 · 12:00 PM EST, online.

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Authoritarianism Is a Systemic Risk: Implications of Rising Autocracy on Domestic and Global Affairs, with Hardy Merriman

November 5, 2026

November 5, 2026

November 5, 2026

Thursday · 12:00 PM EST

Online

Online

Online

Zoom webinar · interview format, closing with a live Q&A

Speaker

Speaker

Speaker

Hardy Merriman, former President & CEO of ICNC

Join Hardy Merriman, former President & CEO of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC), as he discusses his new volume Authoritarianism Is a Systemic Risk: Implications of Rising Autocracy on Domestic and Global Affairs.

Drawing on a wide body of research, Merriman shows how the consequences of authoritarianism compound over time, and what this means for policymakers, practitioners, and citizens, including where people power fits in the response. The webinar follows an interview format and closes with a live Q&A.

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Thursday, November 5, 2026 · 12:00 PM EST · Online (Zoom)

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The book is available as a free PDF and in paperback: Authoritarianism Is a Systemic Risk.

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