Restoring Competitive Politics: Electoral Contestation and the Future in Turkey and India, and Iran and Russia

The following report summarises the proceedings of a conference held at LSE IDEAS in June 2023, summarising each contributor on the historical context and current state of competitive politics within four authoritarian or strong man-led powers: President Erdogan’s Turkey, Prime Minister Modi’s India, Ayatollah Khamenei’s Iran, and President Putin’s Russia.

This report summarises the proceedings of a conference held at LSE IDEAS in June 2023. The comments of each contributor at the conference are summarised here by the author of this report.

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Restoring Competitive Politics

This report was published on 3 October 2023.