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The Revenge of Power: A Great Book that will help you better understand Modern Politics

…Francis Fukuyama (on the rise of the state), Ha-Joon Chang (on economics of development) or Yuen Yuen Ang (on China). I came away from Moises Naim’s latest book, The Revenge…

Publication Day for How Change Happens 2.0. Here’s what’s changed.

…we thought. I reflected that in the book in various ways. A greater focus on how bad things happen/learning from the bad guys, a discussion on populism, drawing on Moises…

Book Review: How to Stand Up to a Dictator, by Maria Ressa

…state repression and ‘lawfare’ against any source of independence or resistance. It’s a fascinating, if depressing, case study of the rise of 21st Century populism discussed by Moises Naim. Ressa…

What do Protests in Turkey, Brazil etc have in common? Six surprising facts

Nice reflection from Moises Naim in El Pais. It was published in Spanish, so this is brought to you c/o Google Translate – took about 15 minutes to tidy up…

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I’m doing a new edition of How Change Happens – any suggestions for what needs to change?

…emerged since 2016 – closing civic space/backlash, rise of populism and what that means for activism. I loved Moises Naim’s book on this, but would welcome any other suggestions More…

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