The New Authoritarianism: Vol. 1: A Risk Analysis of the US Alt-Right Phenomenon

491 Pages·2018·3.957 MB·English

by  Alan Waring

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ALAN WARING holds a PhD from Westminster University. For over 30 years, he was an
international risk management consultant on a range of corporate, strategic and opera-
tional risk issues to government departments, institutions, and large corporations, in
many countries. He has held academic roles at Tsinghua University in Beijing, the Centre
for Corporate Governance and Financial Policy at Hong Kong Baptist University, and the
European University Cyprus. His books include Managing Risk (Waring and Glendon,
1998), Corporate Risk and Governance (2013) and Practical Systems Thinking (1996).
ISBN: 978-3-8382-1153-4
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The New Authoritarianism

Vol. 1: A Risk Analysis of the US Alt-Right Phenomenon

Edited by Alan Waring

THE NEW AUTHORITARIANISM
Vol. 1: A Risk Analysis of the US Alt-Right Phenomenon

Edited by Alan Waring

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Dedication
This two-volume book is dedicated in memoriam to the Lord Peter
Temple-Morris QC, who inspired and encouraged the editor to em-
bark on the project. Originally scheduled to contribute the Foreword,
throughout 2017 and into 2018 he battled with much fortitude
against increasingly severe illness and operations and became too
frail to write. Sadly, he died aged 80 on May 1, 2018.
Lord Temple-Morris’s British parliamentary career as an MP ran
from 1974 to 2001, for the most part as a Conservative of the liberal
‘One Nation Tories’ group, before crossing the floor of the House to
Labour in 1997. He entered the parliamentary upper chamber (House
of Lords) in 2001. His strong distaste for authoritarianism (which he
saw as increasingly prevalent in the Conservative Party), and an
equally strong belief in justice and moderation, characterised his
world-view. Serving variously on the Justice and Foreign Affairs Select
Committees and others, he was also a key member of the British-Ira-
nian All-Party Parliamentary Group from 1989 to 2005, and in 1990
launched the British-Irish All-Party Parliamentary Group. He is cred-
ited with a substantial contribution to the Northern Ireland peace pro-

cess that culminated in the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
This book is a fitting tribute to his sense of justice and modera-
tion and ‘jaw-jaw’ approach to difficult political issues, especially in
foreign policy areas.
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Contents
Dedication ....................................................................................................... 5
List of Tables .................................................................................................. 9
List of US Cases ............................................................................................ 11
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms ................................................... 13
Foreword ....................................................................................................... 17
Acknowledgements .................................................................................... 21
Alan Waring
Introduction: Risk and the Alt-Right ................................................... 23
PART 1: THE NATURE OF THE ALT-RIGHT IDEOLOGY ................................... 33
Alan Waring
Chapter 1: Defining the Evolving Alt-Right Phenomenon............ 35
Alan Waring and Roger Paxton
Chapter 2: Psychological Aspects
of the Alt-Right Phenomenon ................................................................. 53
PART 2: THE ALT-RIGHT IN THE US .............................................................. 83
Roger Paxton
Chapter 3: The Alt-Right and Resurgent US Nationalism ............. 85
Timothy Wyman McCarty
Chapter 4: The Trumpism Phenomenon ......................................... 105
Alan Waring
Chapter 5: President Trump’s Administration ............................. 137
Alan Waring
Chapter 6: The Alt-Right and US Foreign Policy ........................... 169
Alan Waring
Chapter 7: The Alt-Right Anti-Iran Project ..................................... 207
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Kevern Verney
Chapter 8: The Alt-Right, Immigration, Mass Migration
and Refugees ............................................................................................. 247
Alan Waring
Chapter 9: The Alt-Right, Environmental Issues,
and Global Warming ............................................................................... 273
Alan Waring
Chapter 10: The Alt-Right, Human Rights, and the Law ............ 303
Roger Paxton
Chapter 11: The Alt-Right, Post-Truth, Fake News,
and the Media ............................................................................................ 337
PART 3: CONCLUSION .................................................................................... 363
Alan Waring
Chapter 12: A Risk Analysis and Assessment
of the US Alt-Right and its Effects ....................................................... 365
Alan Waring
Chapter 13: A Prognosis for the New Authoritarianism ........... 403
Alan Waring and Roger Paxton
Chapter 14: Potential Strategies to Limit the Alt-Right Threat .... 425
Glossary ....................................................................................................... 461
About the Editor and Authors of Vol 1 and Vol 2 ......................... 473
Index ............................................................................................................. 477

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List of Tables
Table 1.1: US Alt-Right Exemplars ................................................... 52
Table 2.1: A Multi-Level Psychological Framework
for Exploring Risk ........................................................................ 58
Table 2.2: Individual Defence Strategies
in the Face of Challenge on Success or Failure ........................ 69
Table 6.1: Subject Areas of US Foreign Policy 2017 ...................... 170
Table 9.1: Examples of Human-Created
Environmental Disasters ........................................................... 278
Table 12.1: Risks Relating to the Alt-Right in the U.S. ................. 391
Table 12.2: Rating and Scoring Heuristic for Estimation of
Opportunity Risks ..................................................................... 395
Table 12.3: Probability Heuristic for Estimation of Risks ............ 395
Table 12.4: Rating Heuristic for Estimation of Risk Levels ......... 396

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