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Peter Alexander

Peter Alexander is a distinguished physicist specializing in atmospheric dynamics. After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Buenos Aires in 1992 and conducting postdoctoral research in Mexico and Germany, he now serves as a researcher at CONICET and a professor at the University of Buenos Aires. His research focuses on gravity waves, hail, and numerical modeling, and he is an editor for Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. He is also an expert on the Funding and Tender Opportunities Portal of the European Commission

Democracy from the ivory tower: A response to the Anti-autocracy Handbook from a Global South perspective

October 3, 2025
Democracy from the ivory tower: A response to the Anti-autocracy Handbook from a Global South perspective
Photo by by Thomas Wöhling In late October, autumn paints specks of colour in a Bavarian forest. Source: Imaggeo

Yet another global guide to saving democracy, this time titled The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars’ Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding, authored by an all-star cast of academics based in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. Because, clearly, when it comes to understanding the creeping rise of authoritarian regimes, who better to consult than experts who live and work in societies whe ...[Read More]