| 单词 | autocrat |
| 例句 | This new order of things disgusted him, and he howled dismally for ‘Marmar’, as his angry passions subsided, and recollections of his tender bondwoman returned to the captive autocrat. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the game face he’s seen her use to stare down Congress, to cow autocrats. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But the multiplicity of citizen journalists also means more people in danger, and prompts more efforts by autocrats to crack down. Take a stand for free speech, in Cleveland and beyond 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z Drawing on years covering Vladimir Putin’s attacks on Russian democracy, Gessen instead portrayed him as an aspiring autocrat. Is Donald Trump a Danger to Democracy? 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z But gradually McDiarmid turns into a barking autocrat shrieking "I want rules and order." The Prince of Homburg 2010-07-27T23:24:00Z It’s the one long preferred by despots and autocrats the world over. Fear and Fumbling: Brexit, Trump and the Nationalist Surge 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z McNamara plays Caesar as a rote autocrat, lounging and barking, but the richest character in the show is the mob. Review | Shakespeare’s ‘Caesar’ and Gaiman’s ‘Neverwhere’ miss big 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z After he ordered Trump’s name to be taken off of the towers following the future president’s call for a Muslim ban in 2016, Trump supported the autocrat’s crackdown on an unsuccessful coup attempt. Enes Kanter accuses Ilhan Omar of being on dictator’s “payroll” after vote opposing Turkey sanctions 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z The Anglo-German historian has spent most of his adult life in the company of Kaiser Wilhelm II, a man he describes as a “boastful autocrat, militarist and racist”. A toxic monarch 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z Said autocrat loves cruelty, mind games and thrives on worship. Can we exit this dystopian train already? Alas, "Snowpiercer" & apocalyptic fare keep chugging along 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z He later turned to comedy and created a stage persona called Bing Hitler, a two-bit autocrat who became a sensation in Scotland. Craig Ferguson: dragon slayer 2010-03-24T19:18:00Z In the 1950s he had migrated from Jamaica to Luton, finding work as a machinist at Vauxhall Motors, and lording over his family like an autocrat. Bageye at the Wheel by Colin Grant – review 2012-05-25T21:55:10Z Bellow observed that the Soviet leader’s comic style seemed to have been adapted from the “provincial autocrats, creeps, misers, officials, gluttons, gamblers and drunkards” in Gogol’s “Dead Souls.” Review: Revisiting Saul Bellow’s Words, on Society, Chicago and Other Writers 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The Egyptian general who took charge of the country when longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak was forced to step down amid the 2011 Arab Spring uprising. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z If we are focusing on populists in democratic countries, why include autocrats who never faced an election? Authoritarians From Mussolini to Trump 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z If displacement demands extraordinary accommodations of personality, so does remaining in a country run by a brutal autocrat. Dina Nayeri’s ‘Refuge’ Follows the Reinvention of an Exile 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z It exists at the intersection of two fault lines in the Trump Presidency: the President’s fondness for autocrats and his family’s widespread conflicts of interest. Sunday Reading: The Khashoggi Affair 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z The vital tourism sector, a major source of foreign currency for Egypt, suffered from years of political turmoil and violence that followed a 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Egypt displays recently discovered ancient tombs in Saqqara 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z But it’s not as if aspiring autocrats declare when it’s time for autocracy; instead they resort to their crude repertoire, inciting bigotry, agitating for “law and order” and subjecting immigrants to gratuitous cruelty. In ‘Surviving Autocracy,’ Masha Gessen Tells Us to Face the Facts 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Virgil wrote the “Aeneid” in the first years of the Roman Empire, as Augustus attempted to reshape his image from that of a ruthless, warmongering autocrat to that of a beneficent leader. Looking at Epic Poetry Through 21st-Century Eyes 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z The judge may sound like a standard-issue autocrat, but Duvall, who had to be talked into the role by his wife and his agent, makes more of it than perhaps even he anticipated. Duvall v. Downey in 'The Judge' argues for acting excellence 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z “The Crossing” is a counterargument to every easy, but insidious impulse responsible for the softening of America’s democratic culture into xenophobia and the easy temptation of a reality television star turned autocrat. In “The Crossing” Alejandro Escovedo has crafted a rock n roll immigration epic poem 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z In her novel “Glory,” the Zimbabwean writer NoViolet Bulawayo obliquely tackles the downfall of the autocrat Robert Mugabe, through a narrative featuring a cast of animals — horses, donkeys, dogs, goats, chickens and a crocodile. Biting Satires Dominate Booker Prize Shortlist 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Oliver, who is thirty-seven, established his comic voice in Britain by pillorying conservative social values and entrenched institutions: the Catholic Church, the monarchy, finance types, vain and dangerous dictators and autocrats. John Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z It’s dangerous not only for American democracy, it’s dangerous for governments around the world, and we’ve seen autocrats around the world taking a page from Donald Trump.” Survey surprise: Most Americans rely on the media and actually still think it’s important 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z His company became big business, which also meant a big work force, which in 1941 meant a strike that seemed to turn Disney from driven but likable innovator into suspicious autocrat. Review: PBS’s ‘Walt Disney’ Explores a Complex Legacy 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z “I alone can fix it” is his doctrine – the creed of the autocrat. The 1930s were humanity's darkest, bloodiest hour. Are you paying attention? 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z Throughout history, mis- and disinformation have always been the tools of autocrats and dictators. Misdirection, Fake News and Lies: The Best Books to Read on Disinformation 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z It feels like it, with Trump claiming a deep-state-fake-news conspiracy is trying to sabotage his presidency, and some Democrats calling 2020 the last chance to evict a nascent autocrat from office. Do you really believe this is the most important election of our lives? Because we’ve heard that before. 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z The fact that Justin Kirk's aspiring autocrat had more screen time than his eventual Democratic rival should have been a hint that the show was not planning for his defeat. "Succession" fans should be shocked by Roman Roy. He was always a terrible person with a quick wit 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z Anyone expecting critics to be rigid autocrats will be a bit thrown by the new book by New York Times writer A.O. Critics are human, too: “But I don’t think you’re doing the artist or the audience or the art form itself any favor if you pat things on the head” 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z She started out as a young, introverted newbie in the Foreign Service, condescended to by autocrats and bad bosses. In ‘Lessons From the Edge,’ How an Ambassador to Ukraine Became a Casualty of the Trump Administration 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Egypt has struggled to revive its tourism industry, battered by years of political turmoil following the 2011 popular uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, and more lately, the coronavirus pandemic. Egypt unveils renovated ‘Avenue of the Sphinxes’ in Luxor 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z A similarly artful use of the pause electric is evident in Mr. Beale’s performance as the auteur island autocrat of Gregory Doran’s production of “The Tempest.” Hamlet and the Surveillance State of Denmark 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z Like many postcolonial twentieth-century Asian autocrats, Suharto’s legacy is ambivalent: he oversaw the country’s economic growth and modernization but ruled its 250 million people with an unabashed iron fist. Meet 17-Year-Old Indonesian Rapper Rich Chigga 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z They were a strange band of bearded fanatics led by a charismatic autocrat who claimed to have a direct line to God. But I’m a good Mormon wife 2012-06-01T23:00:00Z In the old days, when cigar-chomping autocrats ran orchestras and couldn't care less about boards or committees, they simply signed as they saw fit. Review: Make this L.A. Chamber Orchestra guest conductor feel at home 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z It’s tempting to imagine these seemingly antithetical autocrats in the same room, with Joe playing the bull in the china shop of Richard’s court. Arts & Leisure: ?Richard II,? ?Madness of King George? and ?Collaborators? in London 2012-02-12T06:00:50Z A national liberator turned autocrat, Mugabe presided over the southern African nation for almost four decades, infamously declaring that “only God, who appointed me, will remove me” from office. NoViolet Bulawayo Believes Freedom Begins With Imagination 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z A single family with extensive landholdings in both the city and the nearby countryside dominates the neighborhood, though, and the patriarch, an old-fashioned autocrat named Francisco, doesn’t want to cede any control. Kleber Mendonça Filho Directs ‘Neighboring Sounds’ 2012-08-17T20:03:02Z You wrote, for instance, that the first rule for surviving an autocracy is “believe the autocrat.” Masha and Keith Gessen on Writing About Russia 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z The orchestra’s players had toiled under him, an autocrat whose shadow lingered over Munch, too. For the Conductor Charles Munch, Virtuosity Meant Taking Risks 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z “The adoration of a distant Ethiopian autocrat had served, in a concrete and effectual way, as a democratizing force,” Subin writes. A Roving History of Mortals Considered Gods 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Work to restore the mosque began in 2007, but stopped in 2011, the year protesters took to the streets and toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Egypt resumes restoration of historic al-Zahir Baybars mosque 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The Hunger Games —> He Hung Gamester: A narcissistic autocrat tries to punish athletes who don’t observe patriotic rituals to his liking. Style Invitational Week 1291: Film flam — movie anagrams 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z In broad strokes: “No Knives in the Kitchens of This City,” translated by Leri Price, is about a cultivated family under two successive autocrats who despise cultivation. Review: ‘No Knives in the Kitchens of This City’ Describes a Syrian Hell 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z You can feel the sinister influences behind the scenes, and her characters live on in your memory long after you have put the book away; the grim autocrat Mrs Faraday of Police at the Funeral. Agatha Christie: why I got fed up with Poirot 2012-09-28T21:55:06Z By the end of the opera, the artist outshines the autocrat. A Descendant’s Daring Homage to Pushkin 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z These scruffy luminaries include Gene Sharp, the American intellectual whose 93-page guide to toppling autocrats, “From Dictatorship to Democracy,” is available for download in more than two dozen languages. Books Of the Times: ‘The Dictator’s Learning Curve,’ by William J. Dobson 2012-06-10T20:56:47Z Thielemann was once pegged as an autocrat, but his relaxed ease with the players was evident as they rehearsed Bruckner’s Fifth Symphony. One of the World’s Great Maestros Is Suddenly a Free Agent 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Kane is a wily autocrat who can wax poetic in speeches but privately brings aides and even aldermen to their knees — sometimes literally. Television Review: ?Boss,? With Kelsey Grammer on Starz - Review 2011-10-20T20:03:50Z Meanwhile, one duke has disappeared, and another, an autocrat, has taken over. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z A healthy fear of that shirtless autocrat riding horseback is ingrained into that culture, but that two-dimensional figure has nothing on Ukraine's satirist. "Servant of the People" is an example of a politician living up to the promise he plays out on TV 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z I’m really interested by our perception of autocrats. What It’s Like to Play Putin in ‘Patriots’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It’s funny, and makes a point: even among autocrats, there are degrees of autocracy. A Malaysian Art Scene, Under the Radar 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z But the self-induced downfall of an arrogant autocrat? Review: At Stratford, ‘Coriolanus’ Is Riveting and Troubling 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z “It is sadly more resonant,” Sussman said, “with the rise of not only antisemitism but of autocrats around the world.” ‘Harmony,’ a Manilow Musical Set Under Nazis, Is Broadway-Bound 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Millions had gone hungry, thousands had died of cholera and many activists had been tortured during those years as Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s seemingly eternal autocrat, kept his grip. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z But this was uncomfortably close for many of the region’s autocrats. Don’t censor the school-lunch blog 2012-06-15T16:15:00Z But its autocrats are Soviet-era dinosaurs, its democracy a veneer and its cultural life stifled. Brilliant threads 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z At the tournament, Miyagi-Do ekes out a key win only when Daniel and Johnny realize they must team up to defeat Cobra Kai's autocrats, men determined to train children to be monsters. Making "Cobra Kai" great again: The series returns with a parable about the peril of bipartisanship 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Too easily swayed, it helps create the opposite danger, the sneering autocrat, proud and intransigent. Review: At Stratford, ‘Coriolanus’ Is Riveting and Troubling 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z In a country where autocrats, including the current one, carefully protect their image and personal life, “Gorbachev” is a breath of fresh air. Human Most of All: In Moscow, a Theater Stages ‘Gorbachev’ 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z “He was probably the first major party nominee who ran not for president but for autocrat.” In ‘Surviving Autocracy,’ Masha Gessen Tells Us to Face the Facts 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Autocracy forced many into tough ethical choices, and Stoicism offered guidance, often to the detriment of the autocrat. Seneca Could Have Written the Anonymous Times Op-Ed About Trump 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Even the rubicund features and close-cropped white hair suggest a mix of military autocrat and merry patriarch. King Lear - review 2010-12-08T00:05:00Z “Behind the wheel of a car, men and women both whose behavior in all other circumstances is beyond reproach, become suddenly transformed into bad mannered autocrats,” Emily Post wrote. Hitting the road for the holidays? How to behave — and stay sane — in the car. 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Short, who has also written biographies of Mao and Pol Pot, draws on hundreds of interviews for this portrait, charting Putin’s transformation into a ruthless autocrat. 12 New Books Coming in July 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Unlike his father, who is more of an autocrat with “a court . . . an entourage,” as Antoine describes it, he is outspoken and democratic. | At Berluti, Antoine Arnault Puts Business Before Pleasure 2013-09-12T08:00:08Z Advertisement After longingly gazing at the challenging recipes in “Nopi” that you probably don’t have time to cook, turn for relief to the autocrat of simplicity. Cooking: ‘Asian-American,’ ‘Women Chefs of New York’ and More 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z This first English-language biography of Orban captures how he turned himself into one of the most successful populist autocrats of our times. New & Noteworthy 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z “He doesn’t care if the world thinks he’s an autocrat,” he said, shortly before the opening ceremony began last Friday night. For David Remnick, the Editor of The New Yorker, an Unusual Role as an Olympic Correspondent for NBC 2014-02-14T22:47:59Z He eschews the role of the autocrat, preferring a model based on collaboration. Electric conductor 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z They dream of a time before capitalists or Communists, even before the autocrats of old, a dream era when people “owned themselves, their work, their play, their time.” Modern Russian fable superbly drawn 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z “No wonder he’s promised to eliminate government oversight of oil and gas infrastructure projects! As Masha Gessen wrote, rule No. 1 is ‘Believe the autocrat. Pussy Riot members, journalist Masha Gessen on the Putin-Trump bromance: “Shortest honeymoon in history” 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z As she writes, he was “probably the first major party nominee who ran not for president but for autocrat. And he won.” 13 Books to Watch For in June 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z And theater since time immemorial has studied autocrats, and strong and violent authority is a productive, dramatic force against which to set any kind of dissident opinion. What It’s Like to Play Putin in ‘Patriots’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z In that case, regardless of outcome, slander and the consistent attacks of an autocrat seeking to delegitimize the work of fact-finders, all that matters is what we do. ABC's "30 Hours" Donald Trump special was a ratings bust — but in history's long view, it will count 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The inhabitants of Melniboné are not the spiritual, almost angelic elves of Lothlórien, but a race of decadent autocrats whose magical gifts are bestowed by demons. The Anti-Tolkien 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z That oversight remains amazing, not only because he would attain such eminence as Time Inc.’s founder and long-reigning autocrat but also because of what Luce, at 18, had already accomplished. Books of The Times: Alan Brinkley Tells Henry Luce?s Story in ?The Publisher? 2010-04-19T21:35:00Z On Broadway, at least, everyone loves a pompous, thin-skinned autocrat. Taran Killam Assumes the Throne in ‘Hamilton’ 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z Wilson, Beschloss notes, for all his rhetoric about liberal democracy, seized authority as a war president with the “passion of an autocrat,” running roughshod over civil liberties. Waging War From the Oval Office 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z It’s not hard to see why: “A free press holds power to account,” she said — something that no would-be autocrat wants standing in his way. Perspective | Trump should denounce this assault on press freedom in the Philippines. Instead, he’s imitating it. 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z In Washington, President Xi Jinping of China is largely considered a mysterious autocrat who has long harbored a fatalistic view of his country’s relationship with the United States. Car Talk and Birthday Wishes Punctuate Biden’s ‘Trust but Verify’ Diplomacy 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z Trump's comments drew immediate criticism online, with some historians saying his language mirrored that of autocrats who have sought to dehumanize their foes. Biden says Trump echoed Nazis with use of word 'vermin' 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z His comments, made on the Veterans Day holiday honoring military veterans, drew criticism online, with some historians saying his language mirrored that of autocrats who have sought to dehumanize their foes. Biden campaign says Trump echoed Hitler with use of word 'vermin' 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, which toppled Sunni Muslim autocrat Saddam Hussein, allowed Shi'ite Muslim Iran to expand its influence there. Jordan fears the crossfire if Gaza war pulls Iran into wider conflict 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z They are meant to be neatly packaged and surrendered to the Russian bear as sacrificial lambs, serving as buffers against the West to make the Kremlin's autocrats feel safe. "Putin's Western fan club" wants to force Eastern Europe into a Russian bearhug 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z The backroom machinations are striking in a country that in 1998 forced a corrupt and nepotistic autocrat, Suharto, to step down after three decades in power. Jokowi, Indonesia's kingmaker, works to keep influence after election 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z It helps to create the societal upheaval under which a people can be convinced to abandon democracy and embrace autocrats and dictators. From MAGA to Gaza: Trump's disorder engine has global consequences 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z “The Patriarchs’ War on Women,’’ by Harvard political scientists Zoe Marks and Erica Chenoweth, is about the rise of autocrats around the world and the relationship between authoritarianism and sexism, racism and homophobia. Column: 50 years after Ms. magazine's debut, why is the patriarchy still alive and well? 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Trump publicly admires murderous dictators and autocrats such as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un. The Age of Trump is a horror movie 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Mass protests had just unseated a longtime autocrat in Egypt, highlighting social media’s power as a tool for dissent and emboldening many to break taboos. Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The autocrat – and in the case of Donald Trump, he who wants to be a dictator – is not kidding. Becoming America's first dictator 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z As president, Donald Trump befriended dictators and autocrats, weakened America's alliances and leadership role in the world and encouraged global instability. From MAGA to Gaza: Trump's disorder engine has global consequences 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z The 55-year-old king denies being an autocrat and is unapologetic about his riches. Eswatini holds parliamentary elections under monarch's control 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z Thousands of government critics have been silenced or jailed, mainly Islamists but also many prominent secular activists, including many of those behind the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Egypt sets a presidential election for December with el-Sissi likely to stay in power until 2030 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The president and his aides often cite a somewhat abstract principle to make their case: that big countries ruled by autocrats should not be allowed to invade their neighbors and seize territory. Column: Zelensky is coming to Washington to ask for more Ukraine aid. Congress should say yes 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z How did we normalize an avowed autocrat running for President of the United States? Time for Judge Chutkan to put a stop to Trump's antics 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z When the autocrat tells us who and what they are, we should believe them. From MAGA to Gaza: Trump's disorder engine has global consequences 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z "Trump's belief that he 'can do whatever he wants' is dangerous and how autocrats rule," Rahmani said. Trump's claims he can do "whatever" he wants "constitute virtual confessions": legal experts 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Trump himself has publicly expressed his admiration for murderous dictators and autocrats such as Vladimir Putin and N. Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Trump's plans to become a dictator: It's time to get real about Project 2025 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z And it would make Russia’s three-way alliance with China and North Korea a powerful axis of autocrats, reaching deep into Asia. Column: Zelensky is coming to Washington to ask for more Ukraine aid. Congress should say yes 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Yes, an ignorant, cruel, cultish, moronic, corrupt, criminal, autocrat, and traitor would be the better than 50/50 bet to become President. Time for Judge Chutkan to put a stop to Trump's antics 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Gone the automatic request for French soldiers to back up a teetering autocrat; gone the millions in backhanders that helped finance French political parties. Macron looks on as France's Africa policy crumbles 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Using food as a weapon has become a popular tool for autocrats to disrupt the lives of innocent people while trying to force concessions that benefit their interests. Opinion: Armenians are starving at Azerbaijan's hands. Why isn't Biden doing more to help? 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Ali Bongo's campaign to preserve oil-producing Gabon's rainforests and forest elephants, a cornerstone of his rule, initially raised hopes he might usher in change in a region of autocrats. Explainer: What do we know about the Gabon military coup? 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Many musicians speak out against military takeovers, oppressive regimes and democrats who turn into autocrats. Salif Keïta: 'Golden Voice of Africa' supports Mali's coup leaders 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z And the American people will have clearly deserved putting an autocrat back in the White House. Time for Judge Chutkan to put a stop to Trump's antics 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z "What the Chinese are offering is an alternative world order for which autocrats can feel safe and secure in their own countries," says Prof Tsang. Brics summit: Is a new bloc emerging to rival US leadership? 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z He and his allies suggest repeatedly that in a second term he will be a far more effective autocrat — my word, not theirs — because he had four years of on-the-job training. Column: Vivek Ramaswamy is the star of the GOP's presidential amateur hour 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z In dictatorships, autocrats first seize control of the sources of information, particularly newspapers, television stations, and channels of social media. The media is winning the war against “fake news” 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Douma, a leading figure in the pro-democracy revolt that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak, was detained a decade ago and sentenced in 2019 to 15 years in prison for rioting and attacking security forces. US welcomes release of activist Douma in call with Egypt minister 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, El Salvador has been taken over by Nayib Bukele, a millennial autocrat who is ruling with an iron fist and little regard for human rights. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, other progressives to visit left-ruled Latin American nations 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z In previous audio messages, Hemedti has accused the army of taking orders from loyalists of the autocrat, who was in power for almost three decades. RSF leader Hemedti calls for replacement of Sudan's army leadership 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z In case the world needed reminding, autocrats don’t give up power easily. Review: A pop star fights an autocrat in uneven but rousing 'Bobi Wine: The People's President' 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z That applies with force to a would-be autocrat like Trump who spreads disinformation like fresh fertilizer on fertile MAGA-base fundraising soil. The media is winning the war against “fake news” 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The brash young autocrat has won legions of fans throughout the region for a sweeping crackdown on gangs that has dramatically lowered violent crime. Inside the growing cult of El Salvador's Nayib Bukele, Latin America's political star 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Hun Sen, 70, has run Cambodia in his trademark pugnacious style for 38 years: first in a Vietnam-installed communist regime, then under a UN-installed multi-party system, and more recently as an increasingly intolerant autocrat. Cambodia election: 'This was more of a coronation than an election' 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z The E.U.-Tunisia deal went ahead over the objections of some E.U. lawmakers and rights groups who accuse Europe of buttressing an autocrat in the making, Tunisia’s president, Kais Saied. Stranded in a Strange Land, and Waiting for Death 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z Once large segments of the population buy into the autocrat's rhetoric, the situation is ripe for a takeover of their minds and hearts. How Trump's speech is warping MAGA minds 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z The antidote to would-be autocrats is the "mainstream media," protected by the First Amendment. The media is winning the war against “fake news” 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z But often there is no nonviolent, humane way to defend democratic values without sinking to the level of brutality that autocrats are willing to employ without a second thought. The moral quagmire of the fight for democracy in Ukraine | John M. Crisp 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z They add up to the beginnings of an off-the-shelf tool kit for autocrats who wish to gain control of what is said and done online. Cracking Down on Dissent, Russia Seeds a Surveillance Supply Chain 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Putin, once seen as an all-powerful autocrat, seemed to have suffered a humiliating blow to his authority. Column: Bizarre standoff with Wagner Group's Prigozhin weakens Putin. But don't count him out 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Using such coded language reinforces the mind control that autocrats aim to exercise. How Trump's speech is warping MAGA minds 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Indeed, some of DeSantis' conduct, as well as that of his minions, is disturbingly reminiscent of the tactics of the various autocrats from whom Florida constituents and their families have fled. Ron DeSantis' biggest political stunt comes back to bite him where it hurts 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z The showdown pits the social media behemoth against one of Asia’s longest-ruling autocrats. Cambodian Ruler’s Facebook Account Goes Dark After Spat with Meta 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z That is a predictable reaction by a fellow autocrat, but it papers over tensions between Saudi Arabia and Russia. After Mutiny Against Putin, Russia’s Friends Have Reason to Hedge Bets 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z He seeks out security alliances with autocrats, coup leaders, and others who have been spurned or neglected by the U.S. and Europe, either because of their bloody abuses or because of competing Western strategic interests. Russian militia maintains ruthless role in Africa after failed rebellion 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z It is not surprising that, like other autocrats, he has constantly called for government control and even censorship of these outlets. How Trump's speech is warping MAGA minds 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Biden as president has previously referred to China as "essentially" a dictatorship and "a place for the autocrat, the dictator," while saying no other world leader wants to be Xi. Biden addresses Xi 'dictator' remark, says US-China relations unharmed 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z “He won’t formally lose power right away but the most important thing for all autocrats is not to show they are scared.” In Serbia, a Strongman Under Fire Hails Himself as Defender of the Nation 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z “We insist that behaving well with an autocrat doesn’t make him behave better. On the contrary,” he said. Kosovo complains of biased western envoys in talks with its former foe Serbia 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Critics describe Erdogan as an aspiring autocrat who has eroded Turkey’s institutions and pushed the country toward one-man rule, while his ties with Russia have vexed Western allies amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Erdogan Claims to Have Won Turkey’s Presidential Runoff 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z This strategic Nato nation has chosen its path, most voters opting for a season autocrat rather than an untested democrat in the form of Mr Kilicdaroglu. Turkey elections: What to expect from newly emboldened Erdogan 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z “Usually, when autocrats face more instability at home, they tend to pursue a more unpredictable anti-Western nationalist foreign policy,” Tol said. With a likely Erdogan win, Turkey will continue to play both sides of the U.S.-Russia divide 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z When an amoral autocrat captures a political party, as former president Donald Trump did with the GOP, he remakes it in his own image. The GOP's criminality goes international 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z Lenin’s early death created an opening exploited by Joseph Stalin, an autocrat who reshaped the “worker’s paradise” of the Soviet Union to bring it fully under his authoritarian control. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z When businesses withhold that support from autocrats, as we've seen in South Africa, the Philippines, and most recently in Israel, this significantly diminishes their power. The battle against fascism in Florida 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Equal parts buffoon and autocrat, bully and effective strategist, absurd and scary. The news media coverage of Donald Trump keeps getting worse 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z The political opposition says that his consolidation of power has gone too far and portrays Sunday’s vote as a make-it-or-break-it moment for Turkish democracy that could inspire other states struggling with aspiring autocrats. Turkey’s President Amassed Power. He Could Still Lose This Election. 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Prosecutors have investigated allegations that former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi sent Sarkozy’s election campaign millions of euros in cash, allegations that were first made by one of the sons of the late autocrat. France's Sarkozy should stand trial for alleged Libyan campaign financing -prosecutor 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z History shows that it would require a little bit of good luck for prosecutors – and a few bad decisions by Putin – for the Russian autocrat to end up in handcuffs. International court expert: Putin may not outrun the warrant for his arrest 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The way DeSantis and the Florida legislature are operating is comparable to autocrats worldwide. The battle against fascism in Florida 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Carter had been briefed by outgoing Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, whose “realpolitik” approach meant covertly cozying up to autocrats as they terrorized their citizens. Political prisoners share how Jimmy Carter saved their lives 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The violence was triggered by disagreement over an internationally backed plan to form a new civilian government four years after the fall of autocrat Omar al-Bashir and two years after the military coup. Sudan army agrees to help evacuate foreigners, fighting continues despite ceasefire 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z During the Trump administration, years of severe economic sanctions, diplomatic ostracism and even the threat of military intervention failed to dislodge Maduro, a socialist autocrat no longer ruling with a democratic mandate. 'Colombia is the key to the hemisphere,' Biden tells its president at White House 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z It comes two years after they jointly carried out a military coup and derailed a transition to democracy that had begun after protesters in 2019 helped force the ouster of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir. Why Sudan’s conflict matters to the rest of the world 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Would-be autocrats tap into people's fears related to safety, status, and well-being, and create scapegoats among marginalized communities. The battle against fascism in Florida 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Hun Sen has maintained power as an autocrat in a nominally democratic framework. Cambodian PM’s son, tipped to succeed him, gets promotion 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z The battle has derailed the latest internationally backed plan for a transition to a civilian democracy, four years after the fall of Islamist autocrat Omar al-Bashir and two years after a military coup. Rival factions defy ceasefire to bombard Sudan's capital, Japan eyes evacuation 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z It might be considered a positive sign that Asia’s military rulers and autocrats see the need to hold regular elections as a way to create a veneer of legitimacy. Opinion | Don’t let Southeast Asia’s sham elections fool you Europe’s left accuses Mr. Orban of being an autocrat, and critics of the prime minister say his “illiberal democracy” has resulted in the silencing of dissenting voices and policies that hurt the marginalized. Hungary’s Orban sees U.S. as a top adversary, purported CIA leak shows 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z This strategy both mobilizes autocrats' supporters and suppresses their potential opponents. The battle against fascism in Florida 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Trump himself was accused of pandering to world leaders, autocrats in particular, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong-Un. Trump accuses France's Macron of pandering to China 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Ties soured between Turkey and Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates after the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, when Turkey backed Islamists who were challenging Arab autocrats for power. Factbox: In Middle East, once improbable ententes set new tone 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarus autocrat, has become Mr. Putin’s satrap, and the arrival of nuclear warheads would only subordinate Belarus further to Russia. Opinion | Belarus should not be the Kremlin’s nuclear sandbox 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The world was slow to catch on, she said, because Mr. Orban didn’t behave like autocrats before him. Netanyahu Opponents Used Dangers of ‘Reform’ by Autocrats to Sound Alarm 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z Other autocrats have attacked free speech in higher education, a historic bastion of dissent. The battle against fascism in Florida 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z The late Venezuelan autocrat Hugo Chávez, a former military officer, took the tactic furthest, filling the government with generals. Opinion: From Mexico to Brazil, Latin America's democracies face a common threat from within 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z He was one of America's most Janus-faced leaders, a protean figure who could sincerely shift from the pragmatic reformer to the vengeful autocrat without any apparent qualms. Thoughtful pragmatist or unhinged bigot? Why experts are rethinking Nixon's psychopathology 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Such things are certainly rare in the Middle East, where dictators and autocrats rule in most countries and there is widespread repression of media freedoms and individual rights. 20 Years After U.S. Invasion, Iraq Is a Freer Place, but Not a Hopeful One 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, some Democrats and activists have also dismissed the former president as an autocrat and authoritarian who must be stopped at all costs. Much of the 2024 GOP field focuses on dark, apocalyptic themes 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z The eerie similarity to global autocrats is no coincidence. The battle against fascism in Florida 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z A wily and sometimes ruthless politician, Hun Sen has maintained power as an autocrat in a nominally democratic framework. Long-serving Cambodian leader Hun Sen hints at retirement 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z We see Donald Trump running again, spewing language that you would expect to see from an autocrat in some other nation, not the United States of America. Sen. Chris Murphy: Republicans “don’t give a crap” about kids and gun violence 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Will should use his immense privilege to call out the would-be autocrats who have the capacity to inflict serious harm on us all. Opinion | Language control in education is indeed a problem 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z The diplomatic deal on Friday could make it more palatable for Riyadh to interact with Assad — and further strengthen the autocrat’s hand. Countries that could be impacted by renewed Iran-Saudi ties 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Following other autocrats, DeSantis recently signed legislation that would ban most abortions after six weeks. The battle against fascism in Florida 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Fox’s lies are tendentious; their goal, as with Trump and a long line of fascists and autocrats, is to inflame the grievances and prejudices of voters who feel left behind. Dominion’s suit reveals a cynical, complicit Fox 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “Appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased,” he said last week in Warsaw, Poland. On Ukraine, Biden outshines Macron, Scholz — and DeSantis 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The film also acts as a potent history lesson, lavishly presenting the time when select British autocrats felt appeasement of Hitler was a worthy course to avoid war. ‘The Remains of the Day’ 4K Ultra HD movie review 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z "Appetites of the autocrat cannot be appeased," Biden told the thousands of people gathered at Warsaw's Royal Castle. Joe Biden shows the world what political courage looks like. Will it make any difference? 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z If support from these key pillars is withdrawn, or simply diminished, autocrats' are weakened. The battle against fascism in Florida 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z “It is time for Congress to act again, and enact new protections for our democratic institutions to ensure another wannabe autocrat like Trump cannot push our democracy to the brink.” Candidates race to the far-left in California Senate campaigns 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Hours later Mr Biden said autocrats understood only one word: "No, no, no!" Biden hails 'rock solid' Nato as Putin blames West for Russia's war 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Carter also built on Nixon’s opening with China, and though he tolerated autocrats in Asia, pushed Latin America from dictatorships to democracy. Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z When the United States and other democracies have contact with these regimes, they should raise political prisoners’ cases, making the autocrats squirm by giving them lists and names — and imposing penalties. Opinion | They clicked once. Then came the dark prisons. But if Ukraine falls, it would signal to the world that autocrats can get away with invading democratic countries. State of Uncertainty 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z His victory over Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of Peru’s imprisoned former autocrat, was heralded as a resounding rejection of the political establishment. 'They don’t see us as humans.' In Peru, protests over racism and neglect spill from the Andes 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Israel’s freedoms, its elections and its rule of law, the argument went, stood in contrast to the status quo in the Middle East, where absolute monarchs and flailing autocrats largely hold sway. Analysis | Netanyahu drags Israeli democracy into the illiberal mire 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z He remains a "legalistic autocrat" in exile, trying to use the cover of law to enhance himself at his opponents' expense. A federal court holds Trump accountable for his abuse of the law: Here's why that matters 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Social media has made people feel as though they can speak openly, but technological tools also allow autocrats to target individuals. Opinion | They clicked once. Then came the dark prisons. First, it is clearer than ever that Xi is an agile autocrat; his sense of self-preservation kicked in last month as he was nearing a precipice. Opinion | Xi’s course correction reveals an agile autocrat under pressure 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z President Biden wraps up his first Middle East trip with warnings on Russia, Iran, but no apologies for meeting with autocrats. Saudi Arabia is giving itself an extreme makeover with 'giga-projects.' Will it work? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z The U.S. remains a model for nations around the globe, but this time as the template for autocrats, thugs and election deniers. Op-Ed: What the insurrection in Brazil says about America's response to Trump 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Abusing the law to intimidate and neutralize opponents and turning courts into playthings for heads of state are what "legalistic autocrats" do. A federal court holds Trump accountable for his abuse of the law: Here's why that matters 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z “We’re not a land of kings and dictators, autocrats and extremists,” he said. Biden Honors ‘Extraordinary Americans’ Who Defended Democracy on Jan. 6 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Charges of corruption and mismanagement riddle the PA and Abbas is widely seen as an autocrat. Huge crowds of Palestinians mark Fatah anniversary in Gaza 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z In the committee report, we laid out several steps that Congress must take to prevent another would-be autocrat from tearing down our democratic institutions and stopping the peaceful transfer of power. What comes after the Jan. 6 committee report 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Americans should take this lesson to heart: Though prosecuting former presidents carries risks, the cost of letting insurrectionists and would-be autocrats escape accountability could be too high. Op-Ed: What the insurrection in Brazil says about America's response to Trump 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z The Russian autocrat continues his campaign to starve and freeze Ukraine’s civilian population, just one of the war crimes for which he and the soldiers who commit them should be held to account. Opinion | Zelensky’s visit highlights that freedom is winning in Ukraine — for now 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Washington championed Tunisia’s fledgling democracy following the ouster of autocrat Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, scrambling to provide political and economic support. Tunisia’s leader defiantly rejects U.S. rebuke on democratic erosion 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Among those still engaged with politics, there is bitter division between supporters of Saied who blame the main post-revolutionary parties for Tunisia's problems and those who see the president as a would-be autocrat. Critics of Tunisian leader see little democracy in coming election 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z “And they will determine whether our children and grandchildren inherit an open world of rules and rights — or whether they face emboldened autocrats who seek to dominate by force and fear.” Pentagon chief: US faces pivotal years in countering China 2022-12-03T05:00:00Z So the autocrats’ reflexive response to change is repression, which can work for only so long. Opinion | Enough about democracy’s weaknesses. Let’s talk about its strengths. 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z Abandoning the restrictions would mean conceding that the narrative was wrong, something autocrats are loath to do. Opinion | China won’t be able to maintain its ‘zero covid’ policy forever 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Popular movements demanding an autocrat’s removal do still sometimes succeed. The Long Odds Facing China’s Protesters 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The zero-COVID policy is obviously unsustainable, but ending it would mean tacitly admitting error, which autocrats never find easy. Lessons from China’s zero-COVID nightmare 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Robert De Niro watched newsreels of Smedley Butler, the historic Marine general, a conservative who was offered bribes to become an autocrat. David O. Russell writes of art, friendship and a history that should not be forgotten 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Unlike autocrats, democratic leaders face persistent pressure to change policy. Opinion | Enough about democracy’s weaknesses. Let’s talk about its strengths. 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z When you recognize that autocrats are deploying this playbook in multiple countries, it becomes easier to see Trump as part of a trend. Former Obama lawyer Ian Bassin: The coming indictment of Donald Trump will break his power 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z But now, even autocrats try to legitimize their rule regularly through the ballot box. Opinion | The democracy progress you may have missed — everywhere 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z In short, what we can learn from China is broader than the failure of specific policies; it is that we should beware of would-be autocrats who insist, regardless of the evidence, that they’re always right. Lessons from China’s zero-COVID nightmare 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z What's happened in Ukraine is a good example of how autocrats make mistakes. Putin's massive mistake: Lawrence Freedman on Ukraine and the lessons of history 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z “Because Putin’s fellow autocrats are watching. And they could well conclude that getting nuclear weapons would give them a hunting license of their own. And that could drive a dangerous spiral of nuclear proliferation.” US defense chief: ‘Tyranny and turmoil’ in Russian invasion 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z When you recognize that autocrats are deploying this playbook in multiple countries right now, it becomes easier to see Trump as part of a trend. Former Obama lawyer Ian Bassin: The coming indictment of Donald Trump will break his power 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z "Putin's fellow autocrats are watching. And they could well conclude that getting nuclear weapons would give them a hunting license of their own. And that could drive a dangerous spiral of nuclear proliferation," Austin said. U.S. says Russia's war in Ukraine offers preview to potential global tyranny 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z The country double-downed on its support of Islamists across the region, including Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood who would be elected president in Egypt after the fall of the longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Qatar at World Cup pinnacle after years of Mideast turmoil 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z The left views him as a hero protecting the country’s democracy, while the right says he is an autocrat censoring dissenting voices. Brazil Counted All Its Votes in Hours. It Still Faces Fraud Claims. 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Austin dismissed Putin’s claims that “modern Ukraine was entirely created by Russia,” calling it a vision of “a world in which autocrats decide which countries are real and which countries can be snuffed out.” US defense chief: ‘Tyranny and turmoil’ in Russian invasion 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Other autocrats and megalomaniacs around the world could be encouraged to engage in military aggression. Opinion | Progressives misunderstood how the war in Ukraine can lead to peace 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The dark irony is that someone like Trump or another autocrat is actually going to be more corrupt and make the government even more unresponsive and illegitimate. CREW's Noah Bookbinder on the "very small step" from Trump's corruption to authoritarian rule 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z That’s not to suggest that any American hoped for that result — except perhaps Trump, who has long expressed open admiration for the Russian autocrat. Bipartisanship on Ukraine was nice while it lasted 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Ms. Hassan said the U.S. has built a “strong alliance” in the region and let the world’s other autocrats know it will fight for democracy. Bolduc accuses Maggie Hassan of pushing voters into economic peril: ‘Granite Staters are hurting’ 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z “Beijing, like Moscow, seeks a world where might makes right, where disputes are resolved by force, and where autocrats can stamp out the flame of freedom,” he said. US defense chief: ‘Tyranny and turmoil’ in Russian invasion 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Peace is promoted when autocrats and tyrants realize that war won’t work. Opinion | Progressives misunderstood how the war in Ukraine can lead to peace 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z The dark irony is that an autocrat like Trump is actually going to be more corrupt and make the government even more unresponsive and illegitimate. CREW's Noah Bookbinder on the "very small step" from Trump's corruption to authoritarian rule 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z “It shows that this axis of autocrats is a problem for using sanctions as leverage,” said Laurel Miller, the program director for Asia for International Crisis Group. Shunned by the West, Russia and Myanmar Form a Partnership of Unequals 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z History is replete with examples of autocrats blinded by hubris and overreach after they surrounded themselves with subordinates afraid to report bad news. China’s Leader Now Wields Formidable Power. Who Will Say No to Him? 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z With Trump in crisis and not on the ballot this year, the democracy-hating autocrats in the group are offering everybody else a simple formula for holding onto their wealth, fame and power: Rig elections. Is the GOP still a legitimate political party? The answer should be self-evident 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z As Putin’s fiasco teaches: An autocrat is his own worst enemy, choking off information and smothering creativity in the closed society he rules. Opinion | Xi wants China to eclipse the U.S. He could be his own worst enemy. 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z The result has been a similar quest for nationalist solutions in country after country, and a growing bond among the far-right autocrats in those places. Leaders of democracies increasingly echo Putin in authoritarian tilt 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z When their economies stagnate and discontent increases, autocrats sometimes try to distract their people with adventures abroad. Opinion | Xi’s coronation portends a hard era for China and the world 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z The paramount objective of all autocrats is to stay in power. Opinion | Putin can escalate the war. But it comes with enormous costs. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Since autocrats already use the platform to spread lies about opponents and whip up violence and mayhem, Musk’s pursuit of approval from two of the most powerful is especially unnerving. Musk appeasement of Putin and China stokes fears of new Twitter policies 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Even when autocrats do leave, their replacements may not turn out to be much better. The nine lives of authoritarian regimes 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z After crushing the opposition and engineering a modest economic recovery, the Venezuelan autocrat remains firmly in control despite the sanctions and has little reason to meet the United States’ demands, analysts said. With Migration Surging, U.S. Considers Easing Sanctions on Venezuela 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Since the end of the Cold War, autocrats have learned that they are more likely to survive internal dissent if they turn to violence against their own people. Opinion | A Washington foreign policy legend issues a dire warning 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z As Vladimir Putin nears his 70th birthday on Friday, how did he become the isolated autocrat who launched his disastrous invasion of Ukraine? Vladimir Putin at 70: Seven pivotal moments that made him 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Mass protests like the ones in Iran, whose participants have cited economic hardships, political repression and corruption, were once considered such a powerful force that even the strongest autocrat might not survive their rise. Even as Iranians Rise Up, Protests Worldwide Are Failing at Record Rates 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Egypt’s longtime dictator president, Hosni Mubarak, was pushed out by mass demonstrations, only for the short-lived democratic transition to be snuffed out by an even more ruthless autocrat in the name of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The nine lives of authoritarian regimes 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z While Ukrainian soldiers are fighting for their homes, their families and their freedom, Russian troops are fighting only for the ambition of the cruel autocrat in the Kremlin. Putin’s pawns 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z If people ever stop believing the nation has a soul, that's the breeding ground for demagogues, autocrats. "You are going to hear our voices": Rev. William J. Barber on the midterms and the road ahead 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z The relationship between the two autocrats has grown closer in recent years, defined by the fluctuating power dynamics and mutual interests. Erdogan says Russia should return all captured Ukrainian territory. 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Throughout most of the 20th century, mass protests grew both more common and more likely to succeed, in many cases helping to topple autocrats or bring about greater democracy. Even as Iranians Rise Up, Protests Worldwide Are Failing at Record Rates 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z The frightening thing is that Trump has not only convinced many of his followers of that, he has probably convinced himself of that, which makes him the most dangerous kind of dictator or autocrat. Former federal prosecutor: A "day of reckoning" is coming for Trump — but he's not going to jail 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z All were eventually replaced by homegrown autocrats - many aligned with the West. Queen’s reign saw British leave Mideast with a mixed legacy 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z All were eventually replaced by homegrown autocrats — many aligned with the West. Queen’s reign saw British leave Mideast with a mixed legacy 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Much of the furor is justified: When one of the two major political parties is becoming fundamentally anti-democratic, journalists' long-standing affinity for "balance" inevitably benefits the would-be autocrats. Trump calls Biden "an enemy of the state." Media, as usual, looks the other way 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Even so, the West can’t ignore growing signs that the autocrats are getting more organized — in ways that threaten U.S. and European interests. Opinion | Putin is trying to build a new axis of autocrats 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “We will rid ourselves from our current dependence on fossil fuels and the whims of autocrats like Putin,” she said, referring to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Yellen Embarks on Economic Victory Tour as Midterm Elections Approach 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z And it gives Mr. Biden the standing to claim he is the torchbearer of an American foreign policy tradition that contrasts sharply with Mr. Trump’s isolationist “America First” approach and praise for autocrats. Biden Puts Support of Democracy at Center of Agenda, at Home and Abroad 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The economic powerhouse of East Africa, Kenya is a key Western ally in the fight against terrorism, a burgeoning technology hub, and a stable democracy in a region shaped by autocrats and conflicts. Kenya’s Supreme Court Upholds Presidential Election Results 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z One of our two major parties, in thrall to a would-be autocrat, is no longer committed to the American experiment — and thus can no longer be trusted with power. Opinion | To sound the alarm on democracy, Biden chose the perfect stage 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Then Western countries need to come up with new and innovative military, diplomatic and economic strategies to combat the autocrats’ increased cooperation where it impacts us. Opinion | Putin is trying to build a new axis of autocrats 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z Instead, Mr. Crist called him “an autocrat who clearly wants to tell everybody what to do, including women.” Democrats go to extremes with fascist and Nazi labeling ahead of midterm elections 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Like other autocrats and tyrants, Trump is engaging in an act of obvious psychological projection. What Trump and Orbán want: It's fascism — it's not a metaphor or a joke 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The discussions between the two autocrats are also closely held, with the Turkish Foreign Ministry, let alone the public, largely kept in the dark. Erdogan and Putin: Complicated Relations With Mutual Benefits 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The last one was a wannabe autocrat who left the United States disunited, with soaring inflation and on the verge of fascism. Opinion | We need a silver bullet for democracy 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z But if the axis of autocrats continues to grow, the United States and its partners must be ready. Opinion | Putin is trying to build a new axis of autocrats 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z As Russia wages its premeditated, illegal war against Ukraine, killing thousands of innocents — even children — it is essential that America and our allies make clear that we never give in to autocrats. Opinion | Nancy Pelosi: Why I’m leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “It is essential that America and our allies make clear that we never give in to autocrats,” she wrote. Explainer: Why Pelosi went to Taiwan, and why China’s angry 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z The 2011 Arab Spring uprisings around the Mideast threatened a major blow to al-Qaida, showing that jihad was not the only way to get rid of Arab autocrats. Al-Zawahri’s path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Friendly persuasion, even from fellow autocrats, obviously does not work. Opinion | Even by the Myanmar junta’s standards these four executions are cruel 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z But policymakers cannot afford to sit back and hope that the autocrats will fail. Opinion | Putin is trying to build a new axis of autocrats 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z “I’ve never seen an autocrat consolidate authoritarian rule without spilling a drop of blood or locking someone up,” said Steven Levitsky, a Harvard political scientist and co-author of the book “How Democracies Die.” US conservatives embracing controversial Hungarian leader 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump complimented autocrats and broke with democratic traditions well before the insurrection in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, that congressional investigators argue he organized. On U.S. Foreign Policy, the New Boss Acts a Lot Like the Old One 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Although his authoritarian streak is neither unique nor new to Tunisia or the region, his academic credentials and rhetorical style separate him by a long distance from all other Arab autocrats. Tunisia referendum: President Kais Saied seeks mandate to extend powers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z Another argument Madison made is this idea of "double security": Federalism, by decentralizing authority, meant that one autocrat or dictator couldn't capture the whole system easily. How the states went nuts: Democratic backsliding in state capitals — and how to defeat it 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z President Biden is framing his meetings with Middle East autocrats as an effort to contain Russia and outmaneuver China. Why Union Drives Are Succeeding 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Democracies, which are flexible, often surprise autocrats counting on their flaws. Italy’s Crisis Redoubles European Foreboding 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z Ghannouchi compared the new constitution, which contains a legislative body based on regional councils, to that of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and other Arab autocrats. Tunisia's Islamist leader says president moving country towards dictatorship 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z He landed a week after the autocrat had fled, and was met by an exultant crowd. Tunisia's Islamist who went from kingmaker to opposition 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z It also bans the Francisco Franco Foundation, a private institution dedicated to preserving the autocrat’s legacy, and all glorification of the former dictator. Spain rules Franco regime “illegal” in new memory law 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z How, they ask, will the United States discourage other autocrats from crushing their critics after overlooking Prince Mohammed’s abuses in the hope that he can bring down gas prices? Biden’s Saudi Lesson: The Only Path Runs Through M.B.S. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Instead, an aide to Ramzan Kadyrov, the autocrat who runs Chechnya, berated them at length on television as ingrates and forced them to recant. Desperate for Recruits, Russia Launches a ‘Stealth Mobilization’ 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Just look to the headlines, to environmental degradation and ecological collapse, to wars and genocide, and the wholesale shredding of democratic norms by reckless and corrupt demagogues and autocrats. Review | Robert Adams looked past despair and found the truth of America 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Putin sits hunched and tensed at the other end, an autocrat reduced to a supplicant. Vitaliy Kim, Master Motivator and Symbol of Ukraine’s Resistance 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z “It’s just a page out of the autocrats’ playbook covering up injustices by misusing athletics in hopes of normalizing their abuses,” he said. LIV Golf heads to Oregon, where local officials aren’t happy 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Scholars of the Middle East point out that the United States has a long history of doing business with autocrats, including every Saudi king, and that engagement could more effectively shape their behavior than ostracism. Biden’s Saudi Lesson: The Only Path Runs Through M.B.S. 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z One day, Mr. Trump will be gone, but the fault lines in our democratic system that can be exploited by another autocrat will remain. Opinion | Jan. 6 hearings should focus on saving our democracy 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, analysts believe Mr. Lukashenko, an autocrat beholden to the Kremlin, is desperately trying to show his value to Mr. Putin. Belarus’s Leader, ‘Europe’s Last Dictator,’ Burnishes Links to Russia 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z But how is Biden any better if he yields to this murderer, torturer and autocrat without meaningful concessions? Opinion | Biden must not betray defenders of democracy in Saudi Arabia 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z “More and more fossil fuel expansion means more power to autocrats. This enables them to start wars like the one in Ukraine.” New Brand of Activist Takes Aim at Ukraine War and Climate Crisis, Together 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Egypt’s extensive natural gas facilities on the Mediterranean have stood largely inactive since the country’s 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Egypt, Israel to boost gas supply to EU amid Ukraine war 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z When democracy fails to deliver, openings are created for autocrats, who will promising impossible, quasi-utopian solutions in order to gain power. Trumpism without Trump: Maybe he's beginning to fade — but the danger to democracy isn't 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Luckily for our besieged republic, the law still has more legitimacy and weight than the ravings of a would-be autocrat who would not admit he had lost a fair vote. A shameful chapter in U.S. history 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z "We have to end the security policy stupidity of rewarding aggressive autocrats and human rights violators with German weapons," she said. Germany plans new arms exports rules, easier exports to Ukraine - Der Spiegel 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z Wagner meddles in politics, props up autocrats and orchestrates digital propaganda campaigns. Putin’s Shadow Soldiers: How the Wagner Group Is Expanding in Africa 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z They were a warning to future autocrats such as Russian President Vladimir Putin. Opinion | Literary nationalism is as bad as other forms of nationalism 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Its tourist sector, a major source of foreign currency, suffered from years of political turmoil and violence following the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Egypt displays trove of newly discovered ancient artifacts 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z Both men are autocrats who harbor hostility toward the United States and aim to weaken American power. Russia and China Held Military Exercise in East Asia as Biden Visited 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Russia’s war in Ukraine has made American and Taiwanese officials acutely aware that an autocrat can order an invasion of a neighboring territory at any moment. U.S. Speeds Up Reshaping of Taiwan’s Defenses to Deter China 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z It is entirely true that the rule of law means absolutely nothing to an autocrat. Trump considered a military coup: Would he have gotten away with it? 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Xi would not want to lose an ally and fellow autocrat like Putin. Troubles mount in China ahead of Xi's bid to stay in power 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Western officials have said that a weak response to Russia’s invasion would validate Putin’s use of force to expand Russia’s borders and potentially embolden autocrats worldwide. Finland moves to join NATO ‘without delay’ after Ukraine invasion 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z In Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto — the former son-in-law of the late autocrat President Suharto — was the head of the army special forces unit called Kopassus that was implicated in human rights abuses, including kidnapping and torture. Opinion | Philippines election sends warning about authoritarian nostalgia 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The principal reason autocrats and dictators control speech is to consolidate power. Ron DeSantis tramples the First Amendment: GOP's Disney payback is clearly unconstitutional 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z But I do not think that can be a substitute for laws that make it harder for a president, and especially one who is a would-be autocrat, to consolidate power. Trump considered a military coup: Would he have gotten away with it? 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z “But it is autocrats who fear them most — because they almost always carry within them the seeds of regime change.” Philippine vote: Volunteers back reformer vs dictator’s son 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z That sums up the choice we are facing in America: We can have a democracy, or a Russian-style mob government run by autocrats and oligarchs. Ron DeSantis' war on "woke" Disney is really an attack on core American values 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z But he panned another Musk idea — “authenticating all humans” — saying that taking away anonymity or pseudonyms from people, including society’s most marginalized, was the dream of every autocrat. Musk’s Twitter ambitions to collide with Europe’s tech rules 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z During our time, silencing critics and controlling political speech means that autocrats can say anything they want, and the public never hears information to the contrary. Ron DeSantis tramples the First Amendment: GOP's Disney payback is clearly unconstitutional 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z With a lawyer’s courtroom vigor, perhaps derived from his prior career as a federal prosecutor in New York and for the Iran-contra investigation, Mr. Roth has antagonized many autocrats. Kenneth Roth, ‘Godfather’ of Human Rights Work, to Step Down 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z Today’s autocrats are savvy, with new stratagems fit for a world upended by technological change. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Otherwise, he said, America could be doomed to one day more closely resemble modern-day Russia, in which an autocrat rises to power, clamps down on information flows, and gradually undoes our democracy. Obama’s plans to fight disinformation are better than most 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “They’re giving up their right to make a decision and they are relenting to a governor who is essentially a narcissistic autocrat,” said Democratic state Rep. Michael Grieco during a Monday news conference. Florida Legislature to vote on DeSantis’ congressional map 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z Without provocation, a neighboring autocrat has decided to feed his insatiable ego by invading a sovereign nation, exacting a fearsome toll of casualties and destruction. Easter, Ukraine and the persistence of evil 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Kadyrov has long used sports, particularly his combat sports businesses, to rub shoulders with fighters and present himself as a benevolent, sports-loving leader rather than an autocrat with a long record of human rights abuses. Some U.F.C. Fighters Have Ties to a Chechen Leader Loyal to Putin 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “The Revenge of Power” also discusses the coronavirus crisis, particularly the way such emergencies help autocrats. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The future threat comes from autocrats who know how to manipulate social media, not stifle it. Trump, Putin and their kind are still dangerous — but their time is almost up 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Museveni bristles at Western criticism that he's an autocrat, and defence of gay rights - the kind of moralising that China and Russia don't do. Explainer: Why African nations' support for UN action on Russia/Ukraine is so mixed 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z Some U.S. and European hawks see the unexpected success of Ukraine’s armed forces as a golden opportunity to cut Putin down to size and teach a lesson to other autocrats, beginning with China’s Xi Jinping. The U.S. has a big stake in how the Ukraine war ends; it's likely to be paying a lot of the cost 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z What’s important is the way these longstanding and normal cultural differences are being whipped up by autocrats who want to expand their power and sow chaos in the democratic world. Opinion | Globalization Is Over. The Global Culture Wars Have Begun. 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Polarization, populism and post-truth are the critical strategies aspiring autocrats use to divide their societies and mobilize their bases of support. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z These autocrats have experienced success up to this point by using the old methods of controlling access to information — jailing, killing and smearing the opposition and the reporters who try to report the truth. Trump, Putin and their kind are still dangerous — but their time is almost up 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z On budget night, the outgoing Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, in a valedictory speech brutal even by Australian standards, called him an "autocrat" and "a bully with no moral compass". Australia election: Enter a lacklustre advert for democracy 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z These insipid actions, and the emotional toll inflicted by these congressional trolls, benefit would-be autocrats in our own country and serves as a handmaid's tale for Putin in Russia. The Putin caucus undermines Biden at home — while Americans risk their lives in Ukraine 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z The Republican poor loser's "If I don't win, the thing was rigged" is just a step away from the autocrat's "Vote for me. Or else." Stealth school board candidates are everywhere: But "Stop the Steal" isn't working for them 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Societies that are divided by economic inequality, or racial and ethnic tensions, may also be more susceptible to grievance-based political messages. 3P autocrats foster polarization, which then ups the stakes of politics. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z While elements like polarization and misinformation are to a large degree rooted in human nature, it's also clear that autocrats and would-be autocrats benefit from them, and bear disproportionate responsibility and blame for their spread. Putin's war and the battle for democracy: How this conflict raises the global stakes 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z The new autocrats: Leaders are turning democracy into a tool of oppression. Despite Putin ties, Hungary’s Orban gains popularity before election 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Trump said in an interview with right-wing host John Solomon that Putin "should release" dirt on Hunter Biden since the Russian autocrat is "not exactly a fan of our country." Trump asks Putin to release Biden dirt as Russian state TV calls to “again help our partner Trump” 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z But, of course, many Republicans these days seem to have no problem with autocrats. Stealth school board candidates are everywhere: But "Stop the Steal" isn't working for them 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z Post-truth, which Naím describes as the “rejection of complexity, nuance, and reason … the unembarrassed embrace of manipulation as a governing technique,” makes it all but impossible to rebut an autocrat’s outlandish claims. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z An Australian government senator has accused Prime Minister Scott Morrison of being "an autocrat" and "a bully with no moral compass". Scott Morrison: Australian PM's own senator calls him autocrat and bully 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z In the past, tech companies argued it was better to remain in authoritarian markets, even if that meant complying with laws written by autocrats. When Nokia Pulled Out of Russia, a Vast Surveillance System Remained 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z She saw the chronically underestimated Russian president Vladimir Putin for what he is: a vicious autocrat intent on reclaiming Russia’s lost empire and a committed foe of democracy everywhere. Opinion | Hillary Clinton: Madeleine Albright Warned Us, and She Was Right 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Biden, who took office last year after a violently contested election, vowed to restore democracy at home and unite democracies abroad to confront autocrats including the Russian president and China's leader Xi Jinping. Biden to call on 'free world' to stand against Putin in Poland speech 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z “The Revenge of Power” is filled with illustrative histories of various autocrats and the ways they honed their craft in their rise to power. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z But Concetta Fierravanti-Wells's castigation of Scott Morrison as "an autocrat" and a "bully" threatens to undermine his leadership at arguably the most pivotal time in his career. Scott Morrison: Australian PM's own senator calls him autocrat and bully 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z “The climate is not going to wait on our efforts to confront autocrats,” said Granholm. The U.S. and Europe Are Looking for a Path to Cut Russian Fuel 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z She observed that his assault on democratic norms and institutions was “catnip” for autocrats like Mr. Putin. Opinion | Hillary Clinton: Madeleine Albright Warned Us, and She Was Right 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z But the plucky Ukrainians surprised Putin, and perhaps themselves, by collectively flipping the middle finger to the autocrat. Report from Ukraine: Life goes on and spirits remain high — Putin wasn't counting on that 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Sally Jenkins: The Olympics got in bed with autocrats like Putin. Perspective | When war and violence reign, sports are no longer an escape 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Russia’s war in Ukraine has taught the world’s autocrats some useful lessons: Ukraine's resistance offers a useful lesson to Taiwan 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z But it has also, parlously, left him without an offramp “because autocrats don’t negotiate.” Opinion | While Putin Shrinks, Zelensky Soars 2022-03-19T04:00:00Z Wartime has revealed much more pressing risks posed by data collection, particularly to those who live under autocrats. The vibe shift in Silicon Valley 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z “It breaks my heart to see what is happening there now, to see an autocrat rise to power, and we’re not doing anything to stop it,” he said. Russia’s attack rallies a divided nation: the United States 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z It lost territory, because autocrats like Stalin and Putin need to come out of these things looking as though they've scored a victory. Ukraine: Putin will search for a way to save face 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Democracies also need to stand up to the would-be autocrats in their own countries as well. Is America the "world's greatest democracy"? In 2022, we don't even crack the top 50 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Biden has sought to pin increased energy prices on the Kremlin autocrat. Americans sound the alarm over cost of gas, groceries and war in Ukraine 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Next, if a favored autocrat is challenged by pro-democracy demonstrators or a regional rival, a few thousand Russian special forces are sent in to stabilize the situation. The geopolitics of the Ukraine war 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Fair-minded people can debate the morality of the United States cozying up to these autocrats, but sometimes the end does justify the means. Opinion | Long live a free Ukraine, despite its past 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z “That may not translate into open dissension, let alone revolt, but it will hardly bolster support for the autocrat,” he said. Russia built an economy like a fortress but the pain is real 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Learn how autocrats and other illiberal forces are trying to suppress human rights and freedoms. Is America the "world's greatest democracy"? In 2022, we don't even crack the top 50 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z The autocrats who dominate the region were outraged by Washington’s statements of support for the Arab uprisings in 2011. Playground for the rich could undermine sanctions on oligarchs 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z First, the past several years have seen a worrisome increase in libel lawsuits brought by a broad array of political candidates, elected officials and domestic corporate titans, not to mention foreign autocrats and oligarchs. Opinion | An increase in libel suits shows why we need to keep protections for the news media 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Even if Mr. Biden’s coordinated international strategy does not ultimately save Ukraine, it might well dissuade the Russian autocrat from following through on any other expansionist ambitions. Opinion | Long live a free Ukraine, despite its past 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z The husband-and-wife duo, who hosted the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, flipped off the Russian autocrat for his ongoing attack of Ukraine and irreverently told him to “f— off.” This is what Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman's 'salute' to Putin looks like 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z She warned that Trump's coup attempt and the Capitol attack of January 2021 have greatly damaged America's role as a leading democracy and served to encourage and inspire authoritarians and autocrats around the world. Is America the "world's greatest democracy"? In 2022, we don't even crack the top 50 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z In Bulawayo’s telling, however, Jidada’s deposed autocrat is an elderly stallion long known as Father of the Nation but now derided as Old Horse. Review | In ‘Glory,’ talking animals bear a striking resemblance to real-life tyrants 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Washington media has a long history of cooking up overbaked puff pieces on murderous autocrats — especially when those autocrats are key U.S. allies. Opinion | The Atlantic elevates Mohammed bin Salman’s lies and disdain 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Mass deception is the tool of the autocrat. Opinion | Have you heard about how Bill Barr saved democracy? Let Bill Barr tell you. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Now South Africans are defending their loyalty to another autocrat — Vladimir V. Putin — and sitting out the global outcry over his invasion of Ukraine. Shunned by Others, Russia Finds Friends in Africa 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z “This is what autocrats do. You cannot walk away or you look weak.” Washington’s Newest Worry: The Dangers of Cornering Putin 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Generally, though, the “Edge of Seventeen” hitmaker’s open letter to the autocrat — interpreted as a magical hex on Putin by some Twitter users — seemed to be slightly more well-received. Stevie Nicks hopes Vladimir Putin never sleeps again: 'You really have no friends' 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z America's adversaries — the autocrats of the world — are betting we can't. Biden calls out the attack on democracy: But he didn't just mean Vladimir Putin 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Today, much of the American right is in thrall to Putin and other autocrats, and a segment of the extreme right now harbors a hatred for Western democracy. How white supremacy fuels the Republican love affair with Vladimir Putin 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z He said he feared that the invasion of Ukraine could be the “tipping point” in the world order, ushering in a new era in which autocrats could act with impunity. Watching the War in Ukraine, Taiwanese Draw Lessons in Self-Reliance 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Biden has repeatedly talked about the battle of between the values of liberal democracies and autocrats like Russian President Vladimir Putin as the greatest foreign policy test facing the world. Biden speech takeaways: War in Ukraine transforms focus 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z There may be no greater depolarizing force on earth than a common enemy, and Russia’s murderous and erratic autocrat has given us one. The internet is a force multiplier for Ukraine 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin has chosen to threaten the world with Russia’s nuclear arsenal if other countries intervene in his war on Ukraine. Opinion | How NATO and the West can up their game on Ukraine — right now 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “Biden needs to rally the democrats — with a small ‘d’ — against the autocrats worldwide, and he cares a lot about that.” Biden wanted to use the State of the Union for his agenda. Then Russia started a land war. 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z “He’s not the first autocrat who gets very bad advice,” Greene said. Ill? 'Unhinged'? Or calculating? Russia's Putin keeps everyone guessing 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z That world changed as well for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban — often seen as the EU’s version of an autocrat leader much like Putin is. One Putin move and behold: West’s unity tightens overnight 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z That many of the club’s fans have long been uneasy with the relationship — warning more than once about the team being seen as the “lap dogs of an autocrat” — made no difference. Soccer, Russia and a Line Drawn Too Late 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z I may disagree that this will be the century of the strongman, as the current crop of autocrats do not compare with the deadly trio of the last century — Hitler, Stalin and Mao. Opinion | A World Moving Toward Autocracy 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z While Trump expressed support for the Ukrainian people and called the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a “brave man,” he also noted his ties with other leading autocrats. Trump talks Putin, grievances as GOP focuses on midterm wins 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z While we’re used to thinking of Putin as an autocrat, and he does wield an extraordinary amount of power, the moniker can mislead in some ways. Perspective | Putin’s rule depends on creating foreign enemies — and domestic ‘traitors’ 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Echoing much-criticized comments from earlier in the week when he praised Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intelligence, Trump reiterated that he thought the autocrat “smart.” Trump, at CPAC, claims Biden is to blame for Putin's invasion of Ukraine 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z The Russian autocrat has complained about the small Baltic states joining the alliance, complicating his country’s access to the strategically important Baltic Sea. News Analysis: Why the crisis in Ukraine is not likely to lead to a broader war 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Mr. Xi and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, two autocrats with some shared ideas about global power, had met 37 times as national leaders before this year. U.S. Officials Repeatedly Urged China to Help Avert War in Ukraine 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Rather than recoiling from the murderous treachery of Putin’s brutal invasion of sovereign Ukraine, Trump seems absolutely giddy about the Russian autocrat’s cleverness, calling Putin a “genius” and describing the invasion as “a wonderful move.” Putin’s “useful idiots” abound in MAGA world 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The Ukraine assault, pitting a messianic Russian autocrat against the wishes of every other major nation, perhaps including China, will determine the shape of the new order to come. Opinion | Putin’s assault on Ukraine will shape a new world order 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who on Feb. 18 called Putin “an elegantly sophisticated counterpart” and otherwise praised the Russian autocrat, in his speech Friday described him as a dictator terrorizing the Ukrainian people. Trump, at CPAC, claims Biden is to blame for Putin's invasion of Ukraine 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z “But the danger of an unaccountable and unchecked autocrat is that he can do whatever he wants.” The global right has lionized Putin. The Ukraine attack leaves many leaders on awkward footing. 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z It risks leaving Putin a global pariah isolated from all but the handful of autocrats he has cultivated. At great risk for Ukraine and Russia, Putin signals a dark endgame 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z “Look, I think, Putin is as an autocrat. He’s a bad guy,” said American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp. Russia conflict separates GOP traditionalists from newcomers 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Trump’s former secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, tweeted Wednesday that “allowing these thugs, autocrats, and dictators to move around freely is not in America’s best interest.” Trump splinters Republicans with praise of Putin 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Lukashenko, like Mr. Putin, is a merciless autocrat, and clearly hopes that by helping Russia destroy Ukraine, he can hang on to power. Opinion | Biden delivers a calibrated response to a threatened cataclysm in Ukraine 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z “These were the right hands and henchmen for the autocrats, so they were well taken care of for their loyalty and their service,” he said. Arab Rulers and Spy Chiefs Stashed Millions in Swiss Bank 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z With the staying power of an ensconced autocrat, he steadily has built a foundation to take greater risks abroad and the confidence to confront Washington ever more vigorously. Wielding the threat of war, a new, more aggressive Putin steps forward 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z It said the data points to the bank having accepted “corrupt autocrats, suspected war criminals and human traffickers, drug dealers and other criminals” as customers. Leak gives details on over 30,000 Credit Suisse bank clients 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z He frequently warns that autocrats like Putin, who has claimed that “the liberal idea has started eating itself,” want to demonstrate that representative governments can’t function in the current era. Biden faces test of dedication to Ukraine — and democracy 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z But the Russian leader’s morphing over the past two decades from mere autocrat to aggressive revanchist is the game changer. Analysis | How joining NATO and the E.U. became Ukraine’s unattainable dream 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z In Central America, a region beset by high crime and corruption and a long history of autocrats, there are growing fears that China’s billions of dollars and influence will help strengthen anti-democratic regimes. In Latin America's new Cold War, will China lift up autocrats? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z The long reign of an autocrat, said former officials, has certain advantages. U.S. Intelligence Agencies Face Crucial Test in Deciphering Putin’s Motives 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Internationally, the Biden administration faces a scenario straight out of the Cold War: Trying to deal with a Russian autocrat who desperately wants to gather Ukraine back into the Russian fold. Chaos reigns: A Cold War déjà-vu crisis, and a press corps too dumb to understand it 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z President Biden’s team has largely looked the other way as Arab autocrats in places such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates disregard all international concerns about their own human rights abuses. Opinion | Tunisia’s democracy is disappearing before our eyes 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z The autocrat helped shape and protect Kazakh independence, remaining close to Moscow even as he developed energy and security ties with Washington. Kazakhstan’s ‘father of the nation’ resurfaces, says he’s retired after Russian intervention in bloody unrest 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z The austerity measures were part of an ambitious economic reform program intended to revive Egypt’s economy, mauled by years of political turmoil and violence following the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Egypt’s president raises minimum monthly wage to around $172 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z With some of the autocrats he had promised to confront on human rights, Saudi’s crown prince among them, he has equivocated. After Biden’s first year, the virus and disunity rage on 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z The gathering is an essential stop on the annual circuit for the global elite, a weeklong schmoozefest where billionaires and autocrats mingle over canapés while activists protest in the frigid mountain air. Davos Without ‘Davos’ 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z When political power comes from the collusion of a clique and not broad social assent, that society gets robbed to pay the clique, regardless of the economic brand autocrats adopt. Opinion | With democracy at stake, it shouldn’t be politics as usual 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z He would love to join the autocrats club and, should he ever become president again, he would waste little time establishing his credentials for membership. Trump longs to join the fraternity of autocrats 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Applying that maxim to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s inauguration ceremony Monday night confirms that the 76-year-old is a corrupt autocrat. Opinion | Nicaragua throws in its lot with the world’s autocracies 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z The more that he relies on force to prop up aging, unpopular autocrats on his periphery, the more besieged his alliance becomes, both by dissent at home and Western pressure abroad. For Putin, Propping Up Allies Is Turning Into a Perilous Bargain 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z "If democracies are to prevail in the global contest with autocracy, their leaders must do more than spotlight the autocrats' inevitable shortcomings. They need to make a stronger, positive case for democratic rule," Roth said. Human Rights Watch criticises Biden, others for weak defense of democracy 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Overturning the results of an election is what bad-guy autocrats in other countries do. Affirmative action: Executive edict is wrong way to go 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z As president, he exhibited obvious admiration for autocrats, Russian President Vladimir Putin in particular. Trump longs to join the fraternity of autocrats 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Democracy will die not just because autocrats and oligarchs engineer a slow-moving coup. Opinion | The disintegration of our socials bonds is the root cause of our divide 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z But, in what may be a reflection of the Kremlin’s narrow insistence on familiar autocrats, for all their missteps, it has ignored their outreach. For Putin, Propping Up Allies Is Turning Into a Perilous Bargain 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Bismarck was a cacophony of contradictions: an autocrat who fostered democracy, a fierce Prussian who promoted German nationalism, an ultraconservative who courted socialists, a warmonger who mastered diplomacy. Review | One man, three wars and the creation of Germany 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z After days of speculation about his whereabouts, Nazarbayev’s spokesman said Saturday that the autocrat was still in Kazakhstan and wanted citizens to unite around his handpicked successor. Top security official is detained as protest-roiled Kazakhstan settles into edgy calm 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Kazakhstan, meanwhile, has been ruled in the three decades since the Soviet collapse by autocrats who have maintained close security and political ties with Russia. Kazakhstan adds uncertainty to talks with Russia on Ukraine 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z This dilemma has especially hung over the former Soviet world, where autocrats have held on two or three times the average strongman’s tenure, which is about a decade. Behind Kazakhstan Unrest, the ‘Strongman’s Dilemma’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z There is a long American tradition of embracing autocrats, especially during the Cold War when Washington overlooked its allies’ brutality and corruption in the interest of the twilight struggle to contain Soviet power. Opinion | Former president Trump embraces a kindred spirit in Hungary 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z What do you give the autocrat who has everything? Russian troops intervene in protest-roiled Kazakhstan, where security forces have killed dozens of demonstrators 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Biden said the leaders of Russia and China, two prominent American rivals, are betting that “America is a place for the autocrat, the dictator, the strongman.” Biden condemns Trump and his allies as a danger to democracy on the anniversary of the Capitol insurrection 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z They’re betting that America is a place for the autocrat, the dictator, the strongman. Text of President Joe Biden’s speech marking Jan. 6 anniversary 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z With every passing year, it becomes harder for autocrats to hand off power, while the risks rise of disaster if a crisis should force them out. Behind Kazakhstan Unrest, the ‘Strongman’s Dilemma’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Almost everyone you speak to about Theranos says that Holmes ran the company like an obsessive autocrat. Silicon Valley's trial of the century 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z For the aspiring autocrats, meanness is not a symptom; it’s a strategy, a weapon for driving the faceless, faithful custodians of America’s electoral machinery out and replacing them with partisan foot soldiers. Opinion | 2021 made us meaner. Can 2022 be a year of second chances? 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z There are no easy remedies, but it's essential that citizens defy the cynicism and resignation that autocrats and power-hungry politicians depend on to subvert resistance. It's a new year — but time is broken in America. Can we recover from this? 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z This is not a land of kings or dictators or autocrats. Text of President Joe Biden’s speech marking Jan. 6 anniversary 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Kazakhstan’s explosion into unrest this week presents a stark warning to the strongman autocrats of the world: Leaving office is perilous. Behind Kazakhstan Unrest, the ‘Strongman’s Dilemma’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The October military takeover upended a fragile planned transition to democratic rule following a popular uprising that forced the military’s overthrow of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist government in April 2019. Sudan’s PM announces resignation amid political deadlock 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z This tree’s erect bearing — a 1917 publication called the Sitka species “the autocrat of timbers” — is what helps give it such extraordinary commercial value. This tree has stood here for 500 years. Will it be sold for $17,500? She lives in a tiny country occupied by a remorseless imperial power and governed by a local autocrat so ruthless that he would order babies slaughtered to protect his grip on power. The Christmas story argues for hope 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Donald Trump is an aspiring autocrat out solely for his own power and material gain. What happens if Trump admits it all? Nothing much — at this point, that might help him 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Two of the rare successes followed this model: Azerbaijan and Syria, where dying autocrats passed power to their sons. Behind Kazakhstan Unrest, the ‘Strongman’s Dilemma’ 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z They argue that exceptional measures were needed to restore stability after the turmoil that shook the state following the 2011 uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak, an autocrat who ruled for 30 years. Egypt Sentences 3 Human Rights Activists to Prison 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Mr. Abiy built his drone arsenal by tapping the sympathy of foreign autocrats and a booming segment of the global arms trade. Foreign Drones Tip the Balance in Ethiopia’s Civil War 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z In the international realm, autocrats in fancy suits – the heirs of Herod – seem to be flourishing. The Christmas story argues for hope 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Demonstrations were also planned in other cities across the country to mark the third anniversary of protests that touched off a popular uprising which led to the overthrow of long-ruling Islamist autocrat Omar al-Bashir. Security forces deploy in Sudan's Khartoum against planned post-coup protests 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z Belgium, the United States and Western financial institutions then propped up Mobutu Sese Seko, an eccentric autocrat widely regarded as one of, if not the greatest, embezzlers of state coffers of all time. The race to defuse Congo’s carbon bomb “This would not only fail to de-escalate tensions, it would also embolden Vladimir Putin and his fellow autocrats by demonstrating the United States will surrender in the face of saber-rattling,” Mr. McCaul added. Biden’s Stand on Ukraine Is a Wider Test of U.S. Credibility Abroad 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z North Korea’s millennial autocrat has surpassed his father and grandfather in nuclear ambition, economic experimentation and bold diplomacy, solidifying his rule more swiftly and securely than most inside and outside the country could have imagined. A decade later, North Korea under Kim Jong Un is even more isolated and oppressed 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z This is why Americans oppose the idea and why autocrats around the world embrace it. Opinion | We served on the Supreme Court commission. Term limits and court-packing are bad ideas. 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z The military takeover upended a fragile planned transition to democratic rule more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist government. UN envoy: Sudan’s military must rebuild trust with opponents 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z It angered a large protest movement that has pushed for democracy since the 2019 overthrow of Islamist autocrat Omar al-Bashir, as well as alienating political factions that had been sharing power with the army. Analysis: Compromised Hamdok battles to save Sudan's political transition 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z The closing of ranks also brought a return of realpolitik to the region, a decade after the Arab Spring movements that aimed to topple the region’s autocrats. Analysis: As US focus wanes, Mideast turns inward for talks 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z Trumpism is a species of right-wing authoritarianism that haunts nearly all of the traditional democracies, with autocrats in Russia and China pointing to distemper in democratic nations as a sign of their decay. Opinion | The Summit for Democracy’s challenge for Biden 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z He warned that such ideas would curtail the judiciary’s independence, undermining the rule of law, and reflected what autocrats abroad had done to eliminate challenges to their power. ‘Court Packing’ Issue Divides Commission Appointed by Biden 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Lewis drew his alarmed, and alarming, inspiration from the would-be autocrats of his era. Column: Sinclair Lewis' fiery 1935 novel about a fascist coup is disturbingly prophetic 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z The lawsuit says Facebook knew that rewarding users for posting dangerous content and allowing fake accounts created by autocrats to flourish would radicalize users. Rohingya sue Facebook for $150B, alleging role in violence 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Obviously, there’s a difference between a tax evader and an autocrat who drains the public treasury, but the financial implications are the same. Opinion | Janet Yellen and Samantha Power: To uphold democracy, the U.S. must fight global corruption 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z “This would not only fail to de-escalate tensions, it would also embolden Vladimir Putin and his fellow autocrats by demonstrating the United States will surrender in the face of saber-rattling.” Stakes mounting as Putin, Biden hold summit 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The takeover upended a fragile planned transition to democratic rule more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist government. Sudanese protest military coup, deal that reinstated PM 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z But given GOP leaders’ fascination with backsliding democracies — and Trump’s romance with autocrats and disdain for democratic allies — it’s not clear whether one of America’s major parties still believes liberal democracy is the best choice. A summit for U.S. democracy? 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Hence, propaganda is one of the great weapons of would-be autocrats. Opinion | Feeling Hopeless About Today’s Politics? 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z We will also seek to protect international journalists from lawsuits — the latest tactics of oligarchs and autocrats seeking to suppress stories exposing corruption. Opinion | Janet Yellen and Samantha Power: To uphold democracy, the U.S. must fight global corruption 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z In April he gave a speech in which he suggested strengthening relations with China, and in late October he held an unexpected meeting with the autocrat Ortega in neighboring Nicaragua. Honduras at crossroads in election to end corrupt rule of Juan Orlando Hernandez 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z Sudan has been struggling with its transition to a democratic government since the military overthrew longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019, following a mass uprising against three decades of his rule. Despite deal, Sudanese rally to demand military rulers leave 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z There are the Iraqis and others whom Mr. Lukashenko is channeling through Belarus into Lithuania and Poland, a migration crisis orchestrated by an autocrat eager to provoke the West. Lithuania Welcomes Belarusians as It Rebuffs Middle Easterners 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The best weapon of the 21st-century autocrat is not violence, but demoralization — wearing down the opposition by making it seem there's no legal avenues to save democracy. Why Donald Trump exalts Kyle Rittenhouse: Nothing gets the base going like violence 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The coup, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist government, has drawn international criticism. Officials: Sudan’s military agrees to reinstate ousted PM 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Applebaum, however, touched on an important problem: the continued promotion of autocracy and the way pundits, the media and members of the public too easily accept a false equivalency between Biden and the autocrats. Joe Biden still believes — but in the face of deepening cynicism, is that enough? 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z “But then the war on terror hit in 2001,” he said, and Washington again pressed for pliant autocrats and curbs on democratization, this time in societies where Islam is predominant. U.S. Allies Drive Much of World’s Democratic Decline, Data Shows 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z But democracy, the president admitted, "remains under threat" in many parts of the world where "we see aspiring autocrats trample the rule of law, attack freedom of the press, and undermine an independent judiciary." American democracy is on the treadmill of doom: How do we get off? 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z The takeover upended a fragile planned transition to democratic rule, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist government. Sudanese rally against army tightening grip on power; 3 dead 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z But it did not appear that Mr. Lukashenko, an autocrat who has ruled his country since 1994, was prepared to change course. West Accuses Belarus of Orchestrating Migrant Crisis at Polish Border 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z The takeover has upended the country’s fragile planned transition to democratic rule, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir and his Islamist government. Sudan forces disperse anti-coup protesters, arrest dozens 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z If both sides have their rioters and petty autocrats, why not favor the rioters and petty autocrats whose success will result in better judges? Opinion | Ideologues exist on the left and the right. Only one side threatens the country. 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The Sudanese military seized power Monday, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the overthrow of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir. Tense quiet after Sudan coup, protesters block some roads 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The deposed autocrat has been languishing in a Khartoum prison since his ouster in April 2019, convicted of corruption in one trial as he awaits further charges. Sudan’s Military Seizes Power, Casting Democratic Transition Into Chaos 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Monday’s military coup in Sudan threatens to wreck the country’s fragile transition to democracy, more than two years after a popular uprising forced the removal of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir. EXPLAINER: How months of tensions led to Sudan’s coup 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z But one should not forget that fascists, authoritarians and autocrats more generally can often be funny, both in terms of style and personality. "Trump World" is no joke — and it wants to devour American democracy 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The 2003 invasion toppled Saddam Hussein, a Sunni Muslim, and catapulted to power majority Shi’ites and the Kurds, who were oppressed under the autocrat. Iraq counts votes after lowest ever election turnout 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z This time, however, the people lashed out at democracy, not at an autocrat. ‘What Have We Done With Democracy?’ A Decade On, Arab Spring Gains Wither 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z The outcome of the uncharted experiment could help determine whether cryptocurrency delivers the freedom from regulation that its proponents envision — or whether it becomes another tool of control and enrichment for autocrats and corporations. Bitcoin Preaches Financial Liberty. A Strongman Is Testing That Promise. 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z “Where Is Mao?” depicts the Chinese autocrat in a variety of photo ops, including meetings with President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. At the Smithsonian, Hung Liu’s portraits offer remembrance of and resistance to Mao’s cultural revolution 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Several billionaires have been charged with using their companies in thefts of money or natural resources; others have faced international sanctions for their ties to autocrats. Secret trove illuminates the lives of the world’s billionaires 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Reveal the inner workings of a shadow economy in which wealthy autocrats, sometimes using money of unknown origin, can buy power and influence in the West. EU blacklist on tax havens branded ‘a joke’ after Pandora papers leak – live 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The findings could send a potent signal to key international and regional powers amid violence and mistreatment that has wracked Libya since the fall of former autocrat Moammar Gadhafi a decade ago. UN experts cite war crimes, crimes against humanity in Libya 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z They also represent the playbook for an autocrat. Opinion | A frightening forecast for a crisis that has already begun 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z “That doesn’t wipe away the irreducibly difficult choices that have to be made in terms of what do you do with friendly autocrats,” Mr. Fontaine said. Biden Campaigned as the Anti-Trump. But a Clean Break Is Never Easy. 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Conspiracy theories are wrong, unless those theories, such as the Steele dossier and Russiagate, can be used to damage the autocrat. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z It's not like these senators didn't know that Trump was an unstable narcissist who had both loyalties and financial ties to autocrats in Russia, Turkey and multiple other foreign countries. Here's the real crime Gen. Milley exposed: the cowardice of Senate Republicans 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z To Soros, Xi is a pox not only on China but on the rest of the world, and represents a break with the far friendlier autocrats who ruled before him. Review | Xi is leading China’s aggressive new strategy, but he didn’t invent it 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z It was later approved by a resounding 98.5% of the vote, hailed as a game changer, and helped portray the king as a benign autocrat willing to share power with the people. How Morocco's king dealt a blow to political Islam 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z "As a would-be autocrat, Biden endangers the very fibers of this great nation. Freedom and agency are the hallmarks of the American experiment." Republicans vow to block Biden's "tyrannical" vaccine mandates 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z The misuse of the legal system and law enforcement agencies to carry out personal vendettas are wrong, unless those vendettas are directed at the autocrat and those who support him. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Interpol, the international criminal police organization, has been an especially popular tool of the autocrats to hunt down their critics. Opinion | Repression Without Borders 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Eight months into his presidency, the autocrats are the ones on the march. Opinion | President Biden’s democracy agenda is in trouble 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z The practice involves an arsenal of tactics today employed by increasingly audacious autocrats. Opinion | How increasingly audacious autocrats wield the tool of ‘transnational repression’ 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z As Al Aswany well knows, once an autocrat has power, he will destroy the truth, and his country, to maintain it. How Egypt's leading novelist captured the Tahrir Square moment — and his warning for us 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z The alliance between the oligarchs and the autocrats gives birth to fascism, in our case a Christianized fascism. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The autocrats of the time understood that and trembled. Opinion | The Chinese Communist Party’s 100th birthday vs. America’s 250th 2021-08-09T04:00:00Z Miners for Democracy, a rank-and-file movement to change the culture of the UMWA, broke the dictatorship, but then its leader Arnold Miller also tried to rule as an autocrat. In Richard Trumka, the U.S. labor movement loses one of its best leaders 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Today’s autocrats — Neanderthals with digital competencies — will not stop. Opinion | How increasingly audacious autocrats wield the tool of ‘transnational repression’ 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Regionally, the autocrats - from Egypt to the Gulf - were rubbing their hands with glee, and rushed to express support for Mr Saied. Tunisia crisis: Democrats, despots and the fight for power 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Revenge against real or perceived enemies is the autocrat's single-minded goal. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z A victory for Seif would certainly be a symbolic triumph for Arab autocrats, who share his loathing of the Arab Spring. Qaddafi’s Son Is Alive. And He Wants to Take Libya Back. 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z “A lot of authoritarian countries were democracies before the autocrat took over,” Murphy said in an interview, stressing the need to strengthen the resilience of U.S. institutions against bad actors. Democrats look to move past partisan rancor and set serious tone for Jan. 6 investigation 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z She said they wrongly portrayed his efforts to create an independent media organization as the formation of a secret network to overthrow autocrats in the Middle East. Jamal Khashoggi’s wife targeted with spyware before his death China’s leaders are not just autocrats, they think they are leading a civilization state and are willing to slaughter ethnic minorities. The American identity crisis 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z The statements of the autocrat, which can in short spaces of time be contradictory, cater exclusively to the transient emotional needs of his followers. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Moïse’s grip on power tightened notably under Mr. Trump, who spoke admiringly of a range of foreign autocrats. U.S. Habit of Backing Strongman Allies Fed Turmoil in Haiti 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z He was an autocrat who allowed or abetted the country’s descent into lawlessness, urban gang warfare, indiscriminate kidnapping and impunity. Opinion | The assassination of its president puts Haiti at risk of anarchy. The U.N. must intervene. 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z People like Putin, who represent the lengths that autocrats are going to in the world today, the kind of steadily escalating behavior that we see on a regular basis from authoritarians. Obama aide Ben Rhodes on the global crisis of democracy: It's real, and we have to fight back 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z We’re probably not going to do well if our own behavior begins to resemble the realpolitik of autocrats. The American identity crisis 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z But it is debatable whether the more refined kleptocracy of the oligarchs is any worse than the crude and open kleptocracy of the autocrat. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z To different degrees, the autocrats use their militaries to amplify their power. Loved and decried, El Salvador’s populist leader is defiant 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z The 53-year-old king denies being an autocrat, and is impenitent about the lifestyle enjoyed by him and his fifteen wives, who between them occupy several state-funded palaces. Anti-monarchy protests in African kingdom eSwatini turn violent 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z I mean, autocrats always want to determine how people understand the past to suit their politics and the present. Obama aide Ben Rhodes on the global crisis of democracy: It's real, and we have to fight back 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z “America’s adversaries — the autocrats of the world — are betting we can’t.” Biden struggles to sell democracy abroad when it faces challenges at home 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z The autocrat's attraction is that as he fleeces the public, he entertains the crowd. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z It was so normal; an American president met with a Russian autocrat and talked about human rights, arms control and cyber attacks. Putin not likely to put aside his pirate ways 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z “This epidemic of claims of electoral fraud is just the next chapter in the autocrat’s handbook,” said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. With election fraud claims, Peru’s Keiko Fujimori takes a page from the Trump playbook. She’s not alone. 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z But that's one lesson for us too, because part of what autocrats need to do is keep the opposition divided, apathetic or cynical. Obama aide Ben Rhodes on the global crisis of democracy: It's real, and we have to fight back 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Netanyahu’s enthusiasm for Trump was part of a broader tilt toward populist autocrats embraced by the former U.S. president, according to a Western diplomat who was privy to deliberations over Israel’s changing stance. As Israel’s longest-serving leader, Netanyahu transformed his country — and left it more divided than ever 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z We must defy the oligarchs as well as the autocrats. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Mr Biden also said the Russian President Vladimir Putin - who he dubbed an "autocrat" - was right to believe relations were at their lowest point in years. G7 summit: Biden says America is back at the table 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z Trump made it abundantly clear that he wanted to be buddies with the Russian autocrat. The party’s over for Putin 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z “It’s become a much more standard part of the playbook of autocrats in smaller and middling powers.” As Dictators Target Citizens Abroad, Few Safe Spaces Remain 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z Fujimori, 46, is the daughter of former president Alberto Fujimori, who was hailed in the 1990s for staring down the violent Shining Path guerrilla movement but later reviled as a corrupt and ruthless autocrat. In Peru’s pandemic election, a rural schoolteacher challenges a political dynasty 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z If we achieve nothing else in the fight against the oligarchs and the autocrats, we will at least salvage our dignity and integrity. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z It was badly hit during and after the popular uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak and the ensuring unrest. Egypt bets on ancient finds to pull tourism out of pandemic 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The campaign has reached a fever pitch in recent weeks, with the opposition painting López Obrador as a stubborn autocrat who mishandled the pandemic and has scared away international investors. AMLO wants to transform Mexico. An election may stop him 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Iranians were becoming increasingly disenchanted with the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the nation’s autocrat leader who was backed by the U.S. government, known by militants as the “Great Satan.” How baseball saved an Iran hostage, not once, but twice 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z |
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