competitive authoritarian era

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, competitive authoritarian era has been mentioned in one podcast episode on I've Had It (Jan 2026). The speaker frames current geopolitics as competing autocrats vying for world order, with the U.S. joining/accelerating this dynamic under Donald Trump.

A hybrid regime is a type of political system often created as a result of an incomplete democratic transition from an authoritarian regime to a democratic one. Hybrid regimes are categorized as having a combination of autocratic features with democratic ones and can simultaneously hold political repressions and regular elections. According to some definitions and measures, hybrid regimes are commonly found in developing countries with abundant natural resources such as petro-states. Although th