Marcel Dirsus on How Tyrants Rise (and Fall)

The Curiosity Lecture series returns to the Festival with a line-up of our most thought-provoking speakers delivering one-time talks on topics of intrigue, interest and importance.

One consistent characteristic of tyrants is that they all fall eventually. In his recent book, How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive, political scientist Marcel Dirsus draws on examples from the Stasi to a Burundian rebel leader to examine how tyrants rise to power and what inevitably brings them down.

With democracies faltering worldwide, learn the blueprint for bringing an end to tyranny.