Dictators don’t necessarily favour cooperation with other authoritarian regimes over democracies

Do the “bad guys” work together? It is often suggested that authoritarian regimes such as China and Russia will work in league with other democracies, but analysis from Philipp Kuntz and Daniel Odinius suggests that, just like some of the world’s leading democracies, authoritarian regimes will be extremely pragmatic in choosing their geopolitical partners.