title: Theoretical framework and comparative analysis of Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, China
abstract: The models of autocracy promotion are four: a) Military intervention, through a war. b) Economic blackmail: by applying negative sanctions to pro-West democratizing regimes: trade or investments’ sanctions, and cuts to economic or military aid. c) Rewards: by positive sanctions to authoritarian or hybrid regimes, through diplomatic pressure, military and economic assistance. d) Spontaneous emulation: an authoritarian state is a cultural, economic, political and military model for other non-democ
journal: Revista Euro latinoamericana de Análisis Social y Político (RELASP)