Introduction: The PerilPART I THE ERA OF POPULISM, POLARIZATION, AND POST-TRUTH1 The Global War on Checks and Balances2 The Politics of Fandom3 Power Tools4 The Hunt for CulpritsPART II A WORLD MADE SAFE FOR AUTOCRACY5 Corporate Power: Permanent or Ephemeral?6 Anti-Politics: The Highway to Populism7 Power After Truth8 Mafia States, Criminal Governments9 The 3P Autocrats Go Global10 Power and Pandemic11 Five Battles We Need to WinAfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex