How authoritarian states manage their image abroad
How authoritarian states manage their image abroad Creating positive news, distracting and silencing critique, and shaping elite opinion help make the world safer for dictatorships. Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik / AFP In 2012 news broke about a public relations contract between a firm called Racepoint Global and the Rwandan government. The contract involved a plan written by the firm to improve Rwanda’s image internationally, including managing the image of its authoritarian leader, Paul Kagame. The plan is telling. Of course, it includes the standard public relations stuff like making t...
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