The phrase "albeit authoritarian" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to introduce a contrast or concession, indicating that something is true despite the authoritarian nature of the subject being discussed.
Example: "The government implemented policies that improved the economy, albeit authoritarian in nature."
Alternatives: "though authoritarian" or "even if authoritarian".
(Rwanda, with its genocide a number of years in the past, is now one of the more politically and economically stable countries on the continent, albeit under an authoritarian government).
The prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, will tighten an authoritarian grip, albeit that he was democratically elected in 2010.
Democrats will have to figure out how to strike a balance between acknowledging the many legitimate grievances voters have with a basic case that things are getting better and progress is being made, albeit slowly, and that Trump's authoritarian, strongman allure — even if enticing — is equal parts a massive scam and a unique threat to America.
Indeed, numerous analyses have suggested that African-American and Asian-American parents typically aren't permissive; rather, they tend to be mostly authoritarian in their parenting practices (albeit in different ways).
While Morocco's monarchy consolidated its power since the 2000s through limited constitutional reforms, Tunisia experienced a radical break in its political system in 2011, passing from an authoritarian one-party regime to the (ongoing, albeit staggering) establishment of democracy (Hinnebusch, 2015; Vermeren, 2009; Willis, 2012).
Piecemeal efforts at democratization were attempted elsewhere as well, including in India.1 But it is really in ancient Greece that the idea of democracy took shape and was seriously put into practice (albeit on a limited scale), before it collapsed and was replaced by more authoritarian and asymmetric forms of government.
Even as China's authoritarian government jails activists advocating such causes as human rights and Tibetan independence, the authorities have tolerated, albeit with troubling restrictions, the development of grassroots environmental organizations across China.
