On the Thought Project, Professor Manu Bhagavan — a human rights, modern South Asian history and post-colonial studies scholar at The Graduate Center, CUNY and Hunter College — summarizes one of his essays on the international rise of authoritarian populism, a development driven by a set of overarching factors, Bhagavan says. These include the globalization of the economy, the globalization of conflict, and the globalization of crises. The interconnection of economies would affect global power distributions, empowering global corporations while disempowering governments and people.