Becoming Quote by Edward Snowden

The question is: Particularly in the post-9/11 era, are societies becoming more liberal or more authoritarian?

— Edward Snowden

We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That…

— Ai Weiwei

It remains to be seen, for example whether China can continue to develop as a market economy while still retaining an authoritarian communist political…

— Peter Dicken

You know, I do believe that China is emerging as a competitor, not just a competitor but, in many ways, an adversary. And, you…

— Pete Buttigieg

I think U.S. and China is a big opportunity, to be seen as partner or some kind of strategic partner maybe. But those kind…

— Ai Weiwei

The United States and China are competitors. And there is nothing wrong with competition.

— Antony Blinken

Authoritarianism is not pretending anymore to be a real alternative to democracy, but we can see many more authoritarian practices and styles basically being…

— Ivan Krastev

Dictatorships can exist with free markets - not that China is really a free market - especially in poor countries where the regime insists…

— Garry Kasparov

There is a fair amount of competition, obviously, with ISIL and the terrorist networks around the world, China also posing a different kind of…

— Samantha Power

Some people think that as the Chinese economy becomes more and more capitalistic it will inevitably become more democratic

— Peter L. Berger

Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I think the Chinese model is one that appeals more and more in the developing world. People see that an authoritarian state can hold…

— Richard Engel