"Dancing on Bones:" How Autocrats Exploit History to Stay in Power
In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, Katie Stallard discusses her new book, "Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia and North Korea."
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In this edition of Wilson Center NOW, we are joined by Katie Stallard, Wilson Center Global Fellow and Senior Editor for China and Global Affairs at the New Statesman. She discusses her new book, Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia and North Korea. The book examines how autocrats use history and propaganda to maintain power and argues that, “if we want to understand where these three nuclear powers are heading, we must understand the stories they are telling their citizens about the past.”
For more about the book, check out this Books at Wilson event, Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia and North Korea, featuring author Katie Stallard in conversation with Kissinger Institute on China and the United States director Robert Daly.
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Katie Stallard
Global Fellow;
Senior Editor of China and Global Affairs, the New Statesman
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Senior Editor of China and Global Affairs, the New Statesman
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John Milewski
Director of Digital Programming; Moderator, Wilson Center NOW
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