دانلود کتاب Democratic Vulnerability and Autocratic Meddling: The "Thucydidean Brink" in Regressive Geopolitical Competition

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Contents 1 Introduction Emerging Geo-Digital Power Practices The Thucydidean Brink and Regressive Coupling References 2 The Thucydidean Brink Back to the Thucydidean Basics From Democracy to Autocracy Thucydidean Model of Political Regression Classical Stages of Regressive Slide Stage 1: Healthy Together-Mindedness Stage 2: Split-Mindedness Stage 3: Stasis Modified Six-Stage Regression Scale References 3 Grim Pull of US Democratic Vulnerability Pull of US State Drama Magnetism of Drama Internally and Externally Modes of Regression and American Political Religion From Political Leaders to Influencers, Movers, and Shakers US Global Appeal and Status Re-evaluation References 4 Russian Cyber-Enabled Diversions in the West Geostrategic Transformation toward Domains Russia Showcasing Western Weakness Through Cyber Domain References 5 The Pattern of Meddling in 2016 US Elections The Hacking of the 2016 US Elections Destabilizing and Influencing Foreign Policy Debates Democratic Vulnerability References 6 Stages of Digitalized Regressive Meddling in Three Western Elections The Five Stages of Election Meddling Targeting and Timing The French and German Elections: Downstream and Blowback Effects The French Presidential Election, 2017 The German Federal Election, 2017 Lessons Learned References 7 Crowdsourcing Meddling and Keeping Voters in Flow-State Crowdsourcing as Internal/External Interface References 8 The Chinese Recruitment Web as a Contrast Point LinkedIn as a Chinese Influence Vector Power-Political Vulnerabilities of the Digitalized Public Sphere Recruitment Ladder The Lowered Western Immunity Implications and Countermeasures References 9 Spectre of Thucydides: Pandemic Catalyzes Deepening Regressive Trajectories The Arrival of Covid-19 Regression Makes Epidemics Worse Covid-19 Inevitably Promotes Further Division Imbalance Status Signifier Disinformation Co-option, Pretense, and Diversion References Index