Guardians of the Regime: When and Why Autocrats Create Secret Police

Autocrats use secret police to stay in power, as these organizations deter and suppress opposition to their rule. Existing research shows that secret police are very good at this but, surprisingly, also that they are not as ubiquitous in autocracies as one may assume, existing in less than 50% of...

China Operates Secret ‘Police Stations’ in Other Countries

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