Before revision: The link between sharp power and authoritarian regime is, as stated Christophe Walker "This approach takes advantage of the asymmetry between free and unfree systems, allowing authoritarian regimes both to limit free expression and to distort political environments in democracies while simultaneously shielding their own domestic public spaces from democratic appeals coming from abroad.” making sharp power easier to use for an authoritarian regime than a democratic one.
After revision: The link between sharp power and authoritarian regime is, as stated Christopher Walker "This approach takes advantage of the asymmetry between free and unfree systems, allowing authoritarian regimes both to limit free expression and to distort political environments in democracies while simultaneously shielding their own domestic public spaces from democratic appeals coming from abroad.” making sharp power easier to use for an authoritarian regime than a democratic one.