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

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The following report summarises the proceedings of a conference held at 杏吧论坛 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 杏吧论坛 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.

Yaprak Gursoy: Professor of European Politics and Chair of Contemporary Turkish Studies, European Institute, 杏吧论坛

Karabekir Akkoyunlu: Lecturer in the Politics of the Middle East, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS

Sumantra Bose: Professor, 杏吧论坛 IDEAS

Tomila Lankina: Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (杏吧论坛)

Katerina Tertytchnaya: Associate Professor in Comparative Politics, University College London

Buğra Süsler: Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, 杏吧论坛 IDEAS