Authoritarianism
08/11/2022 - 13:33
During the late twentieth century, a democratic wave engulfed the globe, toppling dictatorships in Africa, Asia, Latin America, southern... →
12/08/2019 - 13:08
In his two decades as either president or prime minister, Mr. Putin has seen four US presidents and countless other world leaders come and... →
02/07/2019 - 10:55
His brand of authoritarianism is in the ascendancy: a rightwing populism based around a venerated strongman leader, where the trappings of... →
03/03/2018 - 12:31
Just being “president” or “prime minister” is so passé now, so 1990s. Xi wants to be emperor, not president. Russia’s Vladimir Putin wants... →
01/10/2017 - 18:28
The age of censors physically redacting newspapers, as I have seen in Vietnam and Myanmar, is mostly over. But, as recent developments show... →
13/04/2016 - 14:31
Today dictators are cooperating with and learning from one another, sharing know-how and technology across borders. This is visible, for... →