The Authoritarian Playbook for 2025 catalogs the seven basic tactics used by authoritarian leaders to undermine democracy around the world:

▪ Politicizing Independent Institutions
▪ Spreading Disinformation
▪ Aggrandizing Executive Power and
Undermining Checks & Balances
▪ Quashing dissent
▪ Marginalizing Vulnerable Communities
▪ Corrupting Elections
▪ Stoking Violence

Free PDF guide produced by nonprofit Protect Democracy, 2024

https://archive.org/details/the-authoritarian-playbook-for-2025