| 单词 | autocratic |
| 例句 | A kind and generous man, Lewis Krakauer loved his five children deeply, in the autocratic way of fathers, but his worldview was colored by a relentlessly competitive nature. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The states had worried so much about a future autocratic president that the federal government had inadvertently created a constitutional crisis for the one currently in office. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z A suffragist from Tennessee said, “We burn not the effigy of the President of a free people, but the leader of an autocratic party organization whose tyrannical power holds millions of women in political slavery.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He worshiped Johnny and did not like Dove, but he and Dove were bound together by their common servitude to Johnny’s autocratic rule. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was speaking now to the restaurant attendant in a clear, courteous but completely autocratic tone. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Within two years, there was no Soviet Empire to hide behind anymore or to prop up autocratic regimes in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, or Latin America. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The Housing Authority was headed by a former cotton mill executive named Carvie Oldham, who ran public housing with the same autocratic and ruthless style that had marked his tenure in the mill. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z After that, hardly a month went by at the opera without some furor involving disputes with singers and stagehands or with senior employees who left in a huff over Mr. Bergé’s autocratic style. Pierre Bergé, Transformative Fashion Executive, Dies at 86 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Dr. Howe was a brilliant, autocratic man, prominent in Boston intellectual circles. Kimberly Elkins’s ‘What Is Visible,’ a novel about Laura Bridgman By late afternoon, Moses, the city’s autocratic park commissioner, had learned of Trump’s antics, and a police boat was sent out to end the show. The Trumpian Origins of New York’s Floating Billboard Problem 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z After leaving the Met as a result of creative differences with its famously autocratic general manager, Rudolf Bing, Ms. Wilson turned to musical theater. Dolores Wilson, Met Soprano, Dies at 82 2010-10-05T00:10:00Z There are allusions to unhappiness in the writers’ room because of Stewart’s autocratic rule, with one producer saying “plenty of people” would describe Stewart as a tyrant. When Fake News Was Funny 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z “At a moment of rising nationalism, autocratic leadership, and widespread disinformation around the world, the literary community deserves better than this. We deeply regret the Nobel Committee on Literature’s choice.” Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke Awarded Nobel Prizes in Literature 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Trump says or does at least one obnoxiously autocratic thing almost every day, but never has to pay the expected political or personal price. Is Donald Trump "crazy?" Wrong question 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z You could call Buckley lots of things; as Hertzberg scans it, he was a reactionary, a racist, a homophobe and a supporter of autocratic right-wing regimes all over the world. How Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley spawned Jon Stewart, Bill O’Reilly and all the horrors of TV news 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z He likes to say, quoting the autocratic art critic Clement Greenberg, “You should never let a work of art get swallowed up in its category.” Darby English Joins MoMA as Consulting Curator 2014-04-02T12:00:16Z It is a picture of power and corruption and the enormous insecurities that gnaw at the autocratic mind. Review | Pared down and dumbed down, ‘Don Carlo’ still dazzles at the Kennedy Center 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z There is no autocratic way of assessing literature: the shared basis of language forbids it. In praise of the creative writing course 2013-01-18T07:01:01Z Did he feel the need to warn her that the consequences of challenging autocratic regimes can be, as he discovered, spending time in jail? Gilberto Gil: from 60s activism to Womad 2013 2013-07-17T18:00:00Z The more I reflected on Hungary’s autocratic turn, the more I was haunted by something Mr. Török mentioned during our digressive conversation in May. Reckoning With Memories of Budapest 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z As a woman, Kar had to fight her way, and her struggle to be taken seriously made her at times difficult, temperamental and autocratic. Portraits of the artists 2011-03-05T00:07:22Z The headline alone was enough to turn off readers who accused Pepinsky of engaging in terrible spin, of being blind to the suffering of poor people living under autocratic rule, or of peddling hyperbole. The quiet alarm of "Years and Years": A slow slide into dystopia, with cozy family dinners intact 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Polanski, after all, has a reputation as one of the film world's more autocratic and meticulous directors. Kate Winslet finds delight in "Carnage" 2011-12-16T14:03:40Z Rousso’s study of how France strained to reëstablish small-L liberal continuity across an autocratic interlude struck me as instructive and perhaps illuminating for the path ahead. The Deep Irony of a Scholar of Vichy France Being Detained in Houston 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Without the man who knew her best, can anyone stop her autocratic tendencies coming to the fore? Game of Thrones recap: season eight, episode three – The Long Night 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z “Hyperbole, autocratic leadership and a disconnect from reality were suddenly assets on the path to power,” Wiedeman writes. ‘Billion Dollar Loser’ Recounts WeWork’s Big Dreams and Its Harsh Wake-Up Call 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z As Mr. Sachs said of the process, “It’s not this autocratic vision.” On the Runway Blog: Planet Fashion Gets Some Fresh Looks 2012-05-17T22:33:44Z By the time Keynes published his epochal book, Hitler and the Nazi’s had destroyed Germany’s short Democratic experiment, while Stalin had attained autocratic control in the Soviet Union. Socialism vs. barbarism: Only social democracy can defeat the right-wing radicalism of Donald Trump 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Cultural clashes ensue between the autocratic King and the proto-feminist Anna, but a mutual admiration — and attraction — develops as well. Review: ‘The King and I,’ Back on Broadway 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z In her bestselling novel “The Aviator’s Wife,” the introspective narrator, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, examined her suffocating marriage to the chilly, autocratic Lindy. ‘The Swans of Fifth Avenue’ review: Would you trust Truman Capote? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Forget, if you can, President Trump’s middle-of-the-night display of autocratic blustering about the Supreme Court and halting the counting of votes before sunrise. Perspective | Election night TV was high anxiety, flat comedy and Trump taking us to a new low. We can’t say we weren’t warned. 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The version in school textbooks still adhere to the line propagated by the autocratic leader Suharto who initiated the purge and who was forced to step down 15 years ago. Oscar-nominated documentary scrapes at raw wound in Indonesia 2014-02-27T21:19:14Z Contrary to the exclusive vision of Law’s autocratic, control-obsessed religious leader, the filmmaker welcomed the trend’s promotional value. “The Young Pope” creator is “happy that it is a meme on Twitter”: “I’m happy that it is a meme on Twitter”: Salon interviews Paolo Sorrentino 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z Sorrento is an autocratic bean counter, a would-be master of the universe who doesn’t even like video games. Review: In ‘Ready Player One,’ Spielberg Plays the Nostalgia Game 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z He was asked in an unpublished 2006 interview why he didn't mention in the book the target of his criticism, the long-ruling, autocratic Institutional Revolutionary Party, known by its Spanish initials PRI. Mexican novelist, essayist Carlos Fuentes dies 2012-05-16T04:01:04Z The Belarussian legal system is a farce, and no conviction bears a confident relationship to culpability for any crime – unless it is to give offence to the autocratic president, Alexander Lukashenko. Clive Stafford Smith: Belarus Free Theatre risk life and death 2013-06-10T11:11:56Z “Arthur and the heroic, charismatic autocratic nobility essentially disintegrate and recede into the heavens,” Botstein said. A King Arthur Rarity Is an Apt Way to Return to the Opera 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z And therein, she says, lies the paradox of how some autocratic figures were worshiped democratically, against their own will: “General MacArthur was American destruction incarnate, and he was four ways of imagining the earth renewed.” A Roving History of Mortals Considered Gods 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The robotic babble emphasizes the youthful autocratic ideology that often propels manifestoes. 12 Faces of Cate Blanchett: A Chameleon in the Armory 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z On top of that, they fretted it would make Europeans cozier with — and more beholden to — the autocratic Russian leader Vladimir Putin. How a D.C. lobbyist tried to stop Putin’s pipeline before war started 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Mussolini created the city in 1923 to be the capital of Liguria, hence the autocratic name. This aperol spritz from “Cocktail Italiano” is destined to become your new favorite summer be... 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z But the film’s depiction of the celebrity-centric self-help sect as a micro-Stalinist police state — dogmatic, autocratic and plagued with internal violence and abuse – is only part of the problem. Lawrence Wright on Scientology’s “broken community,” and the complicity of Tom Cruise and John Travolta 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z She attracted controversy for accepting commissions from autocratic regimes — not just in Qatar but also in the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan — though she was certainly not alone among leading architects in cashing those checks. A critic's take on the power of Zaha Hadid 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Set in a rigidly ordered dystopia whose motto is “Keep It Clean,” the movie concerns an autocratic president who decides to intern all children he finds unattractive. Kids to the Rescue: Film Festival Shines a Light on Activism 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z An autocratic taskmaster and full-scale misanthrope, Ritter was nobody’s idea of a friendly neighbor. Movie Review: ‘Galapagos Affair,’ Historical Documentary of Island Expats 2014-04-03T23:28:00Z Figes makes a key point about how the challenges of geography and climate have reinforced a long-held perception about the need for collective responsibility and strong autocratic leadership. The Myths That Made, and Still Make, Russia 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z “It gave him a security from which he could create and be free, be autocratic, be inspiring, be demanding.” For the Oscars, Vying for One Best-Actress Slot 2012-12-12T23:38:51Z The old studios whose products earned the designation “classical” were built on exploitation and predation, and ruled by autocratic moguls. Our Film Critics Discuss the Future of Movies 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z But an autocratic embassy does not a swinging party make. Donald Trump Has Drained the Swamp (of Good Christmas Parties) 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z More recently, he played the autocratic and eccentric leader of an advertising agency in “Mad Men,” AMC’s hit drama that debuted in 2007. Robert Morse, two-time Tony-winning actor, dies at 90 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Its branches around Los Angeles have an ardent following, and one of the chain’s founders, Kazunori Nozawa, was among the first sushi chefs to bring to that city a rigorously autocratic style. Testing the Limits of Trust, and Sushi, at Sugarfish 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z But Lear’s descent from autocratic king to a battered man in the throes of madness registers only superficially. The Shakespeare Globe’s Informal ‘King Lear’ at the Skirball 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z “Yes, I think that’s a better model for democracy: they’ll keep up the appearance of democracy, but their leader becomes more and more autocratic.” Michael Moore: 'We have the power to crush Trump' 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z His willful, sometimes autocratic manner and gaunt good looks contributed to his magnetism. Pierre Cardin, Designer to the Famous and Merchant to the Masses, Dies at 98 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Years of violence, civil war and assassinations ensued before the country stabilized under an “institutional” revolutionary party, which grew progressively more hierarchical and autocratic. Artists helped make the Mexican revolution an international phenomenon 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z A disruptive, autocratic president has decided to deport all immigrants. Comic Books That Put the Pow in Political Power 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Clinton cited the cases last year of Tunisia and Egypt, where militaries stepped in to remove longtime autocratic leaders after popular protests. Hillary Clinton says Syrian military may oust President Assad 2012-02-25T03:47:00Z I began to imagine a household of teenaged daughters under the insufferable rule of an autocratic father, as a microcosm of the Congolese conflict. Barbara Kingsolver on The Poisonwood Bible – Guardian book club 2013-05-11T07:31:38Z Elektra is queenly in her regal carriage, her leonine majesty, her cruel hauteur, and her every autocratic utterance. “Pose,” Reviewed: In Ryan Murphy’s Latest Musical Melodrama, Elektra Abundance Steals the Show 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z This advocate of American democracy spearheaded the vision of the autocratic film director, making personal films despite the compromises of collaboration or the confines of the studio system. Frank Capra at the BFI - review 2010-12-18T00:07:26Z The influence of his autocratic tendencies has also seeped into the country’s civic and cultural life, leading to the expulsion of a liberal university and affecting the leadership and offerings at theaters and museums. Reckoning With Memories of Budapest 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z All societies face a “revolution of rising expectations” as they get richer, he notes, but for autocratic governments like China’s, these pose an existential threat. Chronicle of a death foretold 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z And in Haiti, there’s always this lurking fear of another autocratic leader.” How a Former Fugee Helped Elect the President of Haiti 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z As she sees it, the revolts against autocratic rule in countries like Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen are “only the beginning of the beginning,” and a positive new dynamic is grabbing hold. Books of The Times: Upheaval and Hope in a Land of Turmoil 2011-08-01T23:00:10Z It wasn’t always a seamless process, and some professors complained that Mr. Marx was arrogant and talked too much about democracy when his management style was fairly autocratic. Tony Marx’s Challenges Running the New York Public Library 2012-10-10T22:41:42Z During our initial sessions, as I complained about my father and his autocratic rules, Ron focused his unrelenting gaze on me, listening intently in a way I found mesmerizing. The sex-talking therapist I went to as a teen: “Do you want to learn how to be a woman, not a scared little girl?” 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z You’re talking about 30 years of autocratic rule, where contracts were given to favored relatives and friends, monopolies were allowed and all that. Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z It took two years to make, according to its theatrical trailer, and director Howard Hawks, one of Hollywood's most eminent and autocratic filmmakers, became so rankled under producer Hughes' constant suggestions that he walked out. Screen siren Jane Russell dies 2011-03-01T15:30:00Z She said that Louis B. Mayer, the autocratic head of MGM, scoffed at her pleas for serious roles in films of significance. Luise Rainer, ’30s Star Who Won Back-to-Back Oscars, Dies at 104 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z There were moments, however, when I wondered if the show could use a bit more forward thrust from the autocratic Dr. Rance. Epigrams and clothes fly in Taper's 'What the Butler Saw' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The ruling party, led by devout Muslims who call themselves "conservative democrats," leads in the polls ahead of June elections, but opponents say its vows to pursue democratic reform mask an autocratic streak. Turkish state pans Beat Generation author 2011-05-16T11:46:04Z A little more than a century later, the autocratic Karajan resigned in a dispute with the players. Over 16 Years, Simon Rattle Transformed the Berlin Philharmonic. Here’s How. 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z To him, the only hope was Russian messianism, with an autocratic, orthodox church leading people to the one true God. ArtsBeat Blog: Thinking Cap: Understanding Dostoyevsky Courtesy of Woody Allen 2011-09-13T17:21:46Z And a few of the older performers stumble when portraying the autocratic teachers — they're meant to be menacing cartoons, but here they seem oddly beset with stage fright. Deaf West revisits 'Spring Awakening' with fresh vigor at the Wallis 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z McFaul concedes that Putin’s popularity “suggests a deep societal demand for this kind of autocratic leader, and this kind of antagonistic relationship with the United States and the West.” Does Vladimir Putin Speak for the Russian People? 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z There is something stubborn, if not autocratic, about the folklorist’s mission. The Magnificent Cross-Cultural Recordings of Kenya’s Kipsigis Tribe 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z And in Mrs. Clinton’s speech, she fitted her opponent with an absurd crown to cast him as her show’s erratic, vain and autocratic King George. Her Shot: Hillary Clinton Shares a Vision of America Out of ‘Hamilton’ 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Again, this is in plain sight, no sleight-of-hand or subterfuge necessary, as if Russian repression and its autocratic, anti-democratic behavior were just a small difference of opinion between two allies. The Manchurian President: A classic Hollywood thriller tells us more about America than any history book 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z Roman corners his older half-brother and conveys Mencken's promise for a sweet ambassadorship to his choice of autocratic states. Wins, losses and regrets: It's all part of the game at this "Succession" tailgate party 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z “You don’t get much done around here by being autocratic or pontificating,” he said. Olaf Olafsson, ?Restoration? Author and Time Warner Manager 2012-03-05T16:16:53Z One reason might be because the days of the autocratic, all-powerful music director are over. Opera reviews: why does no one write about the music? 2011-03-01T12:56:43Z If Mr. Masur was considered autocratic at times, he was not — at least by the standards of his august profession — considered egomaniacal. Kurt Masur Dies at 88; Conductor Transformed New York Philharmonic 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z But the good news is that the American people are rallying in mass opposition to his autocratic arrogance, revealing that his America is not our America — and vice versa. Ban Trump’s sad view of America 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Moayed was born in 1980, the year after the Iranian Revolution ousted a secular, autocratic government and ushered in a theocracy. Arian Moayed Plays Creepy Men for Thoughtful Reasons 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z In the latter, he played the autocratic clinical consultant Harry Harper, who ran Holby City hospital's emergency department. Simon MacCorkindale obituary 2010-10-17T17:26:00Z And it has begun to reassess its culture, installing safeguards now common in corporate America but far less so in the performing arts, where autocratic personalities often hold sway. Vulgar Texts and Dancer Turmoil Force City Ballet to Look in the Mirror 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z A determined 19-year-old jazz drummer at an elite music conservatory is pushed to the brink by his autocratic instructor. The Fall Movie Preview list of films 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Mohan, a letter-writer for illiterates at the GPO, reads Henry James and daydreams; Lakshmi is bullied by her autocratic older brother and in thrall to daytime television. First fiction 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z The new iteration of the Flea pushes the parameters of that kind of experiment a good bit further in its effort to dismantle traditional hierarchies — think autocratic impresarios — that have long ruled over theater spaces. The Flea Theater, Experimenting Again, Walks a New Tightrope 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z He felt like an autocratic and terrifying figure, obviously, but he didn’t feel like an autocratic and terrifying figure who was also impinging on the world’s safety. What It’s Like to Play Putin in ‘Patriots’ 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z “I hope the premise that women or people of color will be just as autocratic can be disproved,” Alsop said. In ‘Tár,’ a Female Maestro Falls Into the Same Old Traps 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z It also inspired a breakout performance by a vibrant new talent, Nina Arianda, playing an actress who gradually wrests control of an audition from an autocratic writer-director. Bright Fodder for Future Revivals 2010-12-17T03:30:28Z At a time when parts of the world are indulging nostalgia for communism, Kadare’s novel confronts the infuriating impossibility of art in an autocratic, anti-individualist system. Review | A fierce masterpiece by Albania’s most eminent novelist, Ismail Kadare 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Democratic governments change according to elections; autocratic ones usually change in only one way, with crowds gathered in the streets. Perspective | How the Park Service plans to help Trump keep protesters off his lawn 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z One figure, “The Captain,” scowling and with legs spread, is inspired by Marcus Garvey or the fictional Emperor Jones, both ambitious liberation fighters turned autocratic. Kara Walker Takes a Monumental Jab at Britannia 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z As Figes makes clear, the empire’s autocratic rule suppressed the kind of civil society that would be crucial for the development of modern European civilization. The Myths That Made, and Still Make, Russia 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z "An educated youth, which is tired and ready to sacrifice all the symbols of the former autocratic Tunisia with a new revolution: the jasmine revolution – the true one." WikiLeaks: Tunisia knew its rulers were debauched. But leaks still had impact 2011-02-02T19:59:00Z For in this autocratic Elsinore, where the guards wear security jackets and wand in visitors like TSA employees, Hamlet takes pains to reveal that his only reliable friend is the audience. Review | Kahn’s final ‘Hamlet’ at Shakespeare Theatre is off-key 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z However, Gornall acknowledged, the reality is that breaking the rules in the autocratic country still often results in severe punishments. Saudi Women’s Driving School: behind an inspiring, frustrating documentary 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z George Szell, the autocratic music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, invited him to be a guest conductor. Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Conductor Who Fled Poland, Dies at 93 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z At its 1943 premiere, this work baffled audiences and the autocratic Soviet officials who oversaw culture, mainly because of the final movement, a quizzical Allegretto. Jurowski Leads London Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z For a time we follow Vashti, a urology registrar, whose autocratic manner softens when she faces a choice between advancing her career or saving the life of a surgically maltreated aunt. Tiger Country - review 2011-01-20T09:43:53Z Though when he does, it’s hard not to see a connection between autocratic regimes and autocratic fathers. Review: In ‘The Arab of the Future 2,’ Back to Syria in 1984 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z America lucked out, Walter says, because “its first modern autocratic president was neither smart nor politically experienced.” ‘How Civil Wars Start,’ a Warning About the State of the Union 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z “Right now, you see this increasingly autocratic government in Turkey, and one of the things it wants to do is ban Twitter, because it knows that Twitter is the opposite of autocracy.” Scene City: PEN American Center Literary Gala Celebrates Writers 2014-05-07T23:10:30Z After all, manifestoes tend to be the inflammatory issue of angry, autocratic youth, usually male. 12 Faces of Cate Blanchett: A Chameleon in the Armory 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z "Something Wonderful," the song that serves as an apologia for the autocratic King's willfulness, takes on a soulful ambivalence in her hands. Tonys 2015: Four nominees make big impressions in small roles 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Whereas Lenin’s tomb exposes the disturbing autocratic heart of the Soviet workers’ paradise, the Holocaust memorial close by the site of Hitler’s bunker in Berlin reflects the urgent task of simultaneously obliterating and remembering. Die and do 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z Critics of the right-wing Sargsyan saw that as an autocratic move. ‘I Am Not Alone’ Review: Looking Back on an Uprising 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z It remains to be seen whether the endorsement – "I would vote for him!" – from Nursultan Nazarbayev, the autocratic president, will be used on Conservative election posters. The guide Jennifer Lopez should have read before she sang in Turkmenistan 2013-07-01T16:23:08Z He has since been imprisoned several times under the presidency of Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, making him a symbol for many of the country’s continued autocratic rule. Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z And on the far left there are signs of division around Jean-Luc Mélenchon, whose prickly personality and autocratic methods are driving some colleagues to exasperation. French march against antisemitism shakes up far right and far left 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z The government took ownership of the companies when it seized property of the former president's family after the 2011 revolution that toppled his autocratic rule. Tunisia arrests business owner on suspicion of stealing from state companies 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z U.K. and France — and the autocratic axis of Russia and China. Where’s the United Nations in all this? Oh, right, nowhere | Andreas Kluth 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z In her new book "Democracy Awakening," historian and author Heather Cox Richardson warns of the autocratic threat posed by today’s GOP and shares approaches she believes can preserve our republic. "We have been here before": Heather Cox Richardson on how to save our republic 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Advocates for the aid argue that the world must defend Ukraine's democracy to deter aggression by other autocratic governments. US Republican Emmer has backed Ukraine aid, but will he be speaker? 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z At this point, the social base of the GOP is driving the party’s autocratic agenda. "Plutocrats and populists": The GOP's "contradictory principles" make a perfect recipe for fascism 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z Tanzania has made some reforms since the death in 2021 of autocratic President Magufuli, who cracked down on critics and introduced draconian laws. Tanzania signs a controversial port management deal with Dubai-based company despite protests 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z The China-Russia axis grew stronger Wednesday, with Beijing rolling out the red carpet for Russian President Vladimir Putin in a sign of deepening solidarity between the world’s most prominent autocratic powers. Putin feted by Xi at summit in sign of growing strategic alignment 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z The Abraham Accords, with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan, were reached with autocratic leaders willing to set aside the Palestinian issue in order to secure their own benefits from the U.S. Gaza carnage spreads anger across Mideast, alarming US allies and threatening to widen conflict 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z A political organization that has no platform other than loyalty to the leader is not a cult, it’s an autocratic movement. Here's how we know the Republican Party has become an autocratic movement 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z The decision to support an autocratic government against an ethnic and religious minority has fueled a debate in Israel about the country’s permissive arms export policies. Israeli arms quietly helped Azerbaijan retake Nagorno-Karabakh, to the dismay of region’s Armenians 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z “These are not the actions of a “mother of democracy” but of an insecure and autocratic state,” opposition lawmaker Shashi Tharoor wrote on X. “The government has disgraced itself and our democracy today.” Indian police arrest editor, administrator of independent news site after conducting raids 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Ukraine’s unexpectedly successful resistance to Russian aggression has also put other autocratic regimes that might have been tempted to engage in wars of conquest on notice that democracies aren’t that easy to overrun. Why MAGA wants to betray Ukraine | Paul Krugman 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z She formerly had a high profile in the ex-Soviet state in Central Asia, wielding great influence as daughter of its autocratic leader Islam Karimov, who ruthlessly crushed opposition. Gulnara Karimova: Swiss say Uzbekistan ex-leader's daughter ran huge crime network 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z It is an autocratic movement, not a traditional American political party. Here's how we know the Republican Party has become an autocratic movement 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Kim Jong Un oversees an autocratic government and is the third generation of his family to rule. At UN, North Korea says the US made 2023 more dangerous and accuses it of fomenting an Asian NATO 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z A sexual proposition can save him, one that also comes from the very autocratic man who has passed hypocritical judgment on Isabella’s sibling. Pasadena theater grapples with sexual harassment, power dynamics in remixed Shakespeare play 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z But some EU lawmakers, Tunisian opposition figures and rights activists have criticised the deal, arguing it will not curb migration but will bolster the government of President Kais Saied, whom they accuse of autocratic rule. EU to disburse $135 mln to Tunisia as part of migration pact 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Kim, North Korea’s leader, oversees an autocratic government and is the third generation of his family to rule. South Korean leader warns Russia against weapons collaboration with the North 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Critics say his plan is a power grab that will destroy the country’s system of checks and balances and push it toward autocratic rule. Netanyahu visits Elon Musk in California with plans to talk about artificial intelligence 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z When mass protests flared in Tunisia and Egypt in 2011, bringing down autocratic rulers, pro-democracy groups rallied across Morocco to demand change. Morocco's king keeps regal distance even in earthquake crisis 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z His Cambodia People’s Party has had a stranglehold on power, fostered by Hun Sen’s autocratic rule and adroit political maneuvers that crippled any effective opposition. Cambodia’s new Prime Minister Hun Manet heads to close ally China for his first official trip abroad 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Wagner has won lucrative contracts in countries like Mali, Central African Republic and Sudan, providing autocratic rulers with security and protection services in exchange for gold, diamonds and mineral concessions. Is Wagner still a threat to global security? 2023-09-05T04:00:00Z The former congressman, energy secretary and New Mexico governor made his mark on the world stage by securing the release of Americans and others held by various autocratic governments. Pope Francis and Mongolian Catholics under one roof at papal Mass 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z The former congressman, energy secretary and New Mexico governor made his mark on the world stage by securing the release of Americans and others held by various autocratic governments. US expects to upgrade Vietnam ties, risks China anger 2023-09-03T04:00:00Z His work dealing with autocratic regimes once saw him jokingly refer to himself as the "the informal under secretary for thugs". Former top US diplomat Bill Richardson dies aged 75 2023-09-02T04:00:00Z Because holding onto the loyalty of Indonesia's autocratic anticommunist ruler Suharto was considered crucial to Washington's Cold War foreign policy in Asia. Henry Kissinger at 100: A centenarian with a remarkable life — and still a war criminal 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Xi recently launched a global security initiative that seeks to gain international support for its autocratic, state-dominated model of governance and economic development. Chinese President Xi Jinping misses speech at BRICS summit 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Critics say the plan, which seeks to weaken the country’s Supreme Court and transfer more powers to the parliament, will push the country toward autocratic rule. In Israel, Mayor Eric Adams of New York City stays neutral on divisive judicial overhaul 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z No. You don’t have to be a xenophobe to be worried about the possible future actions of a superpower whose leadership seems to be growing more autocratic and more erratic with each passing year. Why is China’s economy stumbling? | Paul Krugman 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Yet none expressed dissent with the decision of the president, who rule has become increasingly autocratic in the past years. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fires nearly all governors in West Bank in major upheaval 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z I have found that universally, autocratic actors - and Trump is one - use six tactics to gain and maintain power. "You will get violence": Leading democracy expert says Donald Trump is not running to win election 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Chinese officials have rejected that order in seeking to promote the Chinese autocratic model. Chinese President Xi Jinping misses speech at BRICS summit 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Zimbabwe is under U.S. and European Union sanctions and has generally been shunned by the West for 20 years because of human rights abuses under the autocratic Mugabe, who died in 2019. Zimbabwe’s president tells supporters they will go to heaven if they vote for his party this month 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z But you don’t have to study much history to be aware that autocratic regimes sometimes respond to domestic difficulties by trying to distract the population with foreign adventurism. Why is China’s economy stumbling? | Paul Krugman 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z Tanzania has made some reforms since the death in 2021 of autocratic President John Magufuli, who cracked down on critics and introduced draconian laws. Rights group denounces Tanzanian government for detaining critics and urges freedom of expression 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z The assumption is that autocratic actors resort to violence often. "You will get violence": Leading democracy expert says Donald Trump is not running to win election 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z DeSantis’ actions were retribution with a goal of discouraging Disney and others from opposing his policies in the future, said the officials who compared the takeover to autocratic actions taken in Russian and China. DeSantis’ retaliation against Disney hurts Florida, former governors and lawmakers say 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z In a region of autocratic leaders where state-run media dominates, AlHudood has thrived against the odds over the past decade and is seen as a breath of fresh air by many of its young followers. Jordan's free speech boundaries tested with satire 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Critics of the plan say it will eliminate crucial checks on executive power and move the government in an autocratic direction. Billionaire Parts With Group Behind Israel’s Judicial Overhaul 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Similarly, Justice Department officials did their jobs, refusing to turn their institution into a tool of autocratic takeover. Trump indictment defends America’s battered democracy | Noah Feldman 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z This game is the one all autocratic actors play. "You will get violence": Leading democracy expert says Donald Trump is not running to win election 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z "Today's rampant action ... only confirmed the autocratic nature of the ruling regime and fully exposes their motives to remain in power through a rigged election," he told Reuters. Bangladesh police clash with opposition supporters calling on PM to resign 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z Underlying all this is the autocratic urge for complete control. MAGA longs to impeach Joe Biden — and un-impeach Donald Trump. It won't work 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Hun Sen has been Cambodia’s autocratic leader for 38 years but said ahead of the elections he would hand off the position to his oldest son, Hun Manet, sometime during the next five-year term. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says he will step down in 3 weeks and his son will succeed him 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The growing involvement of autocratic Gulf states has sparked debate within the gaming community. Saudi Arabia is spending billions to become a global gaming hub. Some fans don’t want to play 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z I have found from my work worldwide that autocratic actors like Trump have the same objective: to gain and maintain power. "You will get violence": Leading democracy expert says Donald Trump is not running to win election 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Mali is a prime example of a country where the Wagner Group has successfully supplanted Western, French-led forces, while ingratiating itself with an autocratic government that recently seized power. Ukraine war: UK criticised for 'lack of understanding' of Wagner's activities in Africa 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Preserving historical truth and American democracy requires seeing the Republican obsession with impeaching Biden and unimpeaching Trump for what it is: an autocratic fever dream. MAGA longs to impeach Joe Biden — and un-impeach Donald Trump. It won't work 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z But opponents say the judges play an important oversight role, and that the plan will push Israel toward autocratic rule. Israel’s government has passed the first part of its legal overhaul. The law’s ripples are dramatic 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z “I think the esports scene will be following the same trajectory as we have seen in other sports, forming significant partnerships with state-owned companies from autocratic states.” Saudi Arabia is spending billions to become a global gaming hub. Some fans don’t want to play 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z She was referring to the 2010-2011 popular uprising that overthrew Tunisia’s autocratic ruler, unleashing the Arab Spring movements across the region and ushering in a new era of democracy for Tunisia. Tunisians protest president’s expanding powers and demand release of all jailed political opponents 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden has found it necessary to exercise restraint with countries that are unarguably autocratic. Biden Takes His Battle for Democracy Case by Case 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z It would be grand hubris to assume that we, the American people, are immune to those types of autocratic tendencies, tendencies that have plagued democracy back to antiquity and government well before that. Mile Taylor on why his "Anonymous" plan failed against Donald Trump 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z The EU parliament resolution called for sanctions against Diaz-Canel and other top officials, and suggested that "autocratic regimes should not participate in such summits". Cuba vows to take part 'very constructively' in EU summit with Latin America, Caribbean 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Erdogan's ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin have weighed on Turkey's relations with its traditional Western allies for years, along with other factors including concern over his increasingly autocratic rule. Analysis: Turkey sets new Western tilt in foreign policy as economy weighs 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z This tension, between the multifaceted needs of the millions of users of the internet’s biggest social media networks and the increasingly autocratic way they are governed, has finally become untenable. Column: Social media promised us democracy — but gave us dictatorships 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z On Thursday, the autocratic leader of Belarus, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, who intervened in the mutiny, signaled that at least some of Wagner’s fighting force could stay intact. Future of Wagner Leader’s Business Empire Is Cloudy After Rebellion 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z New technologies such as the internet and social media have made it very difficult to suppress those types of autocratic forces. Mile Taylor on why his "Anonymous" plan failed against Donald Trump 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Often referred to as “sportswashing” – the use of sports to divert attention from controversy and improve reputations amid wrongdoing – the tactic has been wielded by autocratic governments across the world for decades. Amid criticism over his war on gangs, El Salvador’s President Bukele turns to sports 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z The brief mutiny by the Wagner mercenary force last month has given Belarus’s autocratic leader Aleksandr G. Lukashenko an opening to upend his subservient relationship with Moscow. In his new spotlight, the Belarusian leader could gain leverage. 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z This is how claims of “free speech absolutism” live alongside rapidly honored requests to remove dissenting posts in autocratic countries like Turkey — and Modi’s India. Column: Social media promised us democracy — but gave us dictatorships 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z Vucic, a former ultranationalist who now says he wants Serbia to join the European Union but who has faced accusations of imposing increasingly autocratic rule, has dismissed the demands. Thousands in Serbian capital protest pro-government TV station after 2 mass shootings in May 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Western governments, including that of the United States, pointed to cracks in Mr. Putin’s autocratic leadership. Mutiny Provided Glimpse of a Post-Putin Russia. Is the Window Still Open? 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z It was a departure from the more autocratic style of prior speakers. Robert Rivas sworn in as California Assembly speaker after long fight for power 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z A suspension would silence the prime minister's Facebook page less than a month before an election in Cambodia, although critics say the poll will be a sham due to Hun Sen's autocratic rule. Meta oversight board urges Cambodia prime minister's suspension from Facebook 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also said Putin has been weakened by the rebellion, which showed “the autocratic structures, the structures of power have cracks.” Russian missile kills 11 in a pizza parlor and Ukraine arrests man accused of directing the strike 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Mr. Putin’s support for Syria’s autocratic leader, Bashar al-Assad, was not lost on Arab leaders, who contrasted it with what they saw as President Barack Obama’s abandonment of the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak. After Mutiny Against Putin, Russia’s Friends Have Reason to Hedge Bets 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The opposition sought to portray Mr. Mitsotakis as an arrogant, autocratic and out-of-touch elitist who was both a beneficiary and perpetrator of nepotism, but that did not seem to resonate with voters. How New Democracy Surged to Victory in Greece 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z Vladimir Putin has apparently survived the boldest challenge to his 23-year autocratic rule in Russia. Crisis Abated 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z In a frank political assessment, she told council members that the Taliban regime “remains insular and autocratic,” with “an unaccountable central authority” and an all-male government almost entirely from its Pashtun and rural base. U.N. warns Taliban that restrictions on Afghan women and girls make recognition `nearly impossible’ 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Jordan’s autocratic government has cracked down on teachers’ spirited protests for better pay - a trend increasingly at odds with the monarchy’s image of having embraced liberal, Western values. Crown Prince Hussein is meant to embody Jordan’s future, but his generation faces bleak prospects 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Jordan’s autocratic government has cracked down on teachers’ spirited protests for better pay — a trend increasingly at odds with the monarchy’s image of having embraced liberal, Western values. Young crown prince is meant to embody Jordan’s future, but his generation faces bleak prospects 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The Biden administration will seek during the visit to emphasize India’s importance to wider U.S.-led efforts to counter China’s autocratic posturing on the international stage. Countering China key focus as Biden hosts India’s PM Modi 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z “But remember, what we have here is essentially a repressive, autocratic foreign government taking control over an iconic, cherished American institution for the clear purpose of cleansing its public image,” he said. Tom Watson is the latest to want answers on the PGA Tour’s deal with Saudi backers of LIV 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z With migrants, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, undertaking perilous sea crossings from Tunisia in unprecedented numbers, European authorities are seeking reinforced action from the government of Tunisia’s increasingly autocratic president, Kais Saied. France, Germany join forces against migration from Tunisia in wake of latest Mediterranean tragedy 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Biden has been eager to strengthen ties with India as part of his bid to win what he has framed as a contest between free and autocratic societies, especially China. India's Modi to address FedEx, Mastercard, other US CEOs at Kennedy Center -source 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z In a country of about 11 million people, more than a million listen daily to the “Midi Show,” one of the few programs anywhere in Tunisia to regularly discuss the country’s autocratic backsliding. Tunisians Mourn a Hard-Fought Freedom Rapidly Slipping Away 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Boys and girls try to figure one another; better and worse teachers struggle under an autocratic principal obsessed with discipline. Our critic picks 30 TV shows from around the globe to stream right now 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Wealthy Gulf monarchies and Western-backed international lenders have repeatedly come to Egypt’s rescue, propping up its autocratic leadership. Facing Crisis, Egypt’s Leader Tries New Tack: Talking to Opponents 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Tunisia’s increasingly autocratic president hosted the leaders of Italy, the Netherlands and the European Commission for talks aimed at smoothing the way for an international financial bailout of the increasingly troubled country. European leaders offer more aid to Tunisia amid efforts to curb migration 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z But the UAE, an autocratic federation of seven hereditarily ruled sheikhdoms, offers the flip side of the risks of AI. OpenAI CEO suggests international agency like UN’s nuclear watchdog could oversee AI 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The opposition has accused Vucic of fueling intolerance and hate speech during his increasingly autocratic rule, while illegally seizing control of all state institutions. Serbia’s president promises early election amid large protests against his populist rule 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Even while acknowledging that the entertainment industry is autocratic, she applies democratic notions of fairness, a concept commonly trampled within organizations driven only by profit. Can Hollywood's abusive culture really change? One author's proposal to 'Burn It Down' 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Washington backed the opposition and imposed heavy sanctions on Maduro’s autocratic government, hoping that would spark change. Saudi Arabia welcomes Venezuelan leader Maduro, reaching out to yet another U.S. foe 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Russian support also helped the autocratic leader survive months of mass protests following the 2020 election that handed him a sixth term in office. Belarus has no immediate plans to adopt Russian currency, its strongman leader Lukashenko says 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z But Erdogan has steadily pushed the nation into a more religious sphere, while seizing more autocratic powers. With a likely Erdogan win, Turkey will continue to play both sides of the U.S.-Russia divide 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Otherwise, we're just accepting that it's perfectly OK for presidents and presidential candidates to do big favors for autocratic foreign governments in exchange for money. Trump and the Saudis: Is Jack Smith finally looking at this clear-cut corruption? 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z Whereas the other states, from Austria to the new Germany to France, had all adopted at least some form of representative government, Russia remained staunchly autocratic and monarchical. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z To shore up his autocratic authority, Sukarno turned to both the Indonesian Communist Party and the conservative armed forces. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z These appointments and other efforts to accumulate power unnerved many Romans, who had a deep and abiding distrust of autocratic rulers that stretched all the way back to the period of Etruscan rule. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z At the meeting, Mr Sunak is expected to warn other world leaders "against complacency in defending our values and standing up to autocratic regimes". G7: UK to ban Russian diamonds in Ukraine war sanctions 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z In the first round of voting on May 14, Erdogan got 49.5% support, falling just short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff in a vote seen as a referendum on his autocratic rule. Factbox: Turkey election runoff 2023: what you need to know 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Likewise, the equally autocratic monarchy of Saudi Arabia emerged as the third “pillar” in the US’s Middle Eastern clientage system. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Notwithstanding Napoléon’s brief autocratic reign, the French Revolution successfully dismantled the nobility’s and clergy’s disproportionate share of power and defeated the strongest absolute monarchy in Europe. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z They are powerful, advanced democracies and staunch U.S. allies in a region beset with autocratic threats. South Korea and Japan use G-7 to push improvement in ties long marked by animosity 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z The West imposed harsh sanctions on Moscow, he said, “and yet, the Russian economy only shrank by 2% in 2022 and Russia has dramatically increased trade with other autocratic nations, including China and Iran.” Former ambassador to Moscow: U.S. can’t trust Russia on any level 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z The autocratic president, 68, usually speaks publicly at the annual National Flag, Emblem and Anthem Day event but his prime minister read a message on his behalf on Sunday. Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko misses event, fuelling health rumours 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z None of the initial problems that brought about the civil wars in the first place were resolved, and Cromwell himself had ended up being as authoritarian and autocratic as Charles had been. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z When news of the July Revolution of 1830 in France, which toppled an autocratic king, reached Brazil, popular demonstrations broke out calling for the expulsion of the emperor. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Opposition politicians have accused Vucic’s populist authorities of fueling violence and hate speech against critics, spreading propaganda on mainstream media and imposing autocratic rule in all institutions, which they say stokes divisions in society. Serbia: 13,500 weapons collected in amnesty, including rocket launchers 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Veterans and military families, which have guarded against autocratic encroachment in numerous countries, are another key pillar for the Florida pro-democracy movement. The battle against fascism in Florida 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z Under his autocratic rule, he amassed power around an executive presidency, muzzled dissent, jailed critics and opponents and seized control of the media, judiciary and the economy. In Turkey election, Erdogan doesn't flinch as he fights for political life 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z "We will focus on building a pluralistic democracy. As we put an end to the autocratic rule in Turkey, we will take comprehensive measures so that no authoritarian regime will emerge again," she said. Erdogan's opponents vow fresh start on Turkish human rights 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The opposition has campaigned on domestic issues such as rampant inflation, Erdogan’s increasingly autocratic leaderships and civil rights. AP PHOTOS: In quake-devastated Turkey, voting in presidential election is no simple task 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Following successive electoral triumphs, Erdogan's tolerance of any defiance of his power eroded and a slide towards autocratic rule grew more flagrant. -Turkey's Erdogan, master campaigner, faces toughest contest yet 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Often, autocratic leaders will embrace or turn a blind eye to political violence. The battle against fascism in Florida 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z “This election is very important, and we have to end this autocratic, crazy system,” said Bilge Yilmaz, an economist who oversees economic policy for one of the six opposition parties. Erdogan’s Election Prospects Take a Hit as a Challenger Drops Out 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z After the protest officially ended, some of the protesters chanted slogans against Serbia’s increasingly autocratic president, Aleksandar Vucic, demanding that he step down, as they passed by government headquarters in Belgrade. Thousands march in silence in Serbia after mass shootings 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z He is seen as having moderated somewhat since then, but his leadership is often described as illiberal and even autocratic. 2 Days, 17 Dead, 21 Wounded: Back to Back Massacres Rock Serbia 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z “You’re not somebody who is standing up against injustice or fighting against an autocratic regime.” Man gets 14 years in Jan. 6 case, longest sentence imposed yet 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z The eerie autocratic parallel here is Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega, who recently canceled the legal status of 18 private sector organizations. The battle against fascism in Florida 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z His autocratic style worked early on, when the project staff consisted of a self-selected few. A farewell to the x-ray–generating particle accelerator that was my father’s baby 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Also on Wednesday, the military said Sudan’s former autocratic ruler Omar al-Bashir was being held in a military-run hospital, giving its first official statement on his location since the fighting erupted. Intensity of clashes eases amid Sudan truce, residents say 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z Sudan was once a symbol of hope because of its fitful efforts to transition from decades of autocratic rule to democracy. Fitful start to new 3-day truce in Sudan; airlifts continue 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Sudan is also home to refugees from conflicts and autocratic rule in countries such as Eritrea, Ethiopia and Syria. Civilians Flee Fighting in Sudan for Troubled Neighboring Countries 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Under Xi Jinping, who just began an unusual third term as PRC president, the country is more autocratic than at any time since Mao’s reign. Fear of China increases the risk of conflict | Op-Ed 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z The incident was also close to Kober prison, where Bashir awaits trial over the 1989 coup that brought him to power where his lengthy autocratic rule saw protester deaths and alleged war crimes in Darfur. Sudan fatwa call worries UN as Bashir loyalists up activity 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z That has seen money, megayachts and Russian citizens come into the UAE, an autocratic federation of seven sheikhdoms on the Arabian Peninsula. Leaked US intel: Russia operatives claimed new ties with UAE 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z Critics say the price is eroded civil liberties and an increasingly autocratic police state. The Jailing of Evan Gershkovich 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z But that achievement, critics say, has come at an incalculable price: mass arrests that swept up thousands of innocent people, the erosion of civil liberties and the country’s descent into an increasingly autocratic police state. El Salvador Decimated Its Ruthless Gangs. But at What Cost? 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z “It’s the democratic versus autocratic blocs. These two people just selected totally different directions.” Dueling presidential visits to U.S. and China show opposing visions for Taiwan 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z With its deep pockets, serious security challenges and autocratic government, the U.A.E., an important American ally in the Middle East, has become a case study in the potential, and risks, of such policing technologies. A.I., Brain Scans and Cameras: The Spread of Police Surveillance Tech 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden frequently speaks of the U.S. and like-minded allies being at a crossroads, at a moment when democracies need to demonstrate they can out-deliver autocratic governments such as China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. In a summit celebrating democracy, China sees an avenue for attack 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The crisis is testing the U.S. stance on autocratic practices; opponents have called Israel’s proposal anti-democratic. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z And the summit this week will notably exclude two members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Hungary and Turkey, whose autocratic political systems have grown no less repressive during Mr. Biden’s tenure. Biden’s Defense of Global Democracies Is Tested by Political Turmoil 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z "All trade unionists know that it is nothing but an illusion that unions can cooperate with an autocratic government while retaining their independent power," the U.S. union leaders said. Unprecedented protests over Netanyahu's judicial coup — but critics slam silence on "apartheid" 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z Theirs is a confidence in the superiority of their autocratic governing systems. Opinion | The U.S. should beware of the Beijing-Moscow axis 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z China has a non-interference policy in countries' internal political affairs - something that has smoothed its engagement with autocratic leaders. Kamala Harris Africa trip: Can US charm offensive woo continent from China? 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z They include large-scale popular mobilization against an autocratic incumbent, judicial reverses of an attempted executive takeover, a unified opposition and civil society, critical elections or other key events and the support of international democratic institutions. Is democracy starting to turn the tide around the world? A new report says just maybe 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z But that is only the most vivid sign of how autocratic practices are making inroads around the world. Biden’s Defense of Global Democracies Is Tested by Political Turmoil 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z He later moved to the United States and over the years became an outspoken critic of the autocratic rule of Mr. Kagame. ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero Released From Prison After Two and a Half Years 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z China’s increasingly autocratic president and Communist Party leader Xi Jinping declared a plan to make China a football superpower, but funding and enthusiasm have appeared to dwindle. Scandal-plagued China soccer hit by new corruption probes 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z It was not that long ago that Tanzania was something of an outcast under the presidency of John Magufuli, who was seen as having autocratic tendencies, curtailing the activities of the opposition and independent media. Kamala Harris Africa trip: Can US charm offensive woo continent from China? 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Bukele is one of the most popular leaders in the world, with an approval rating of around 85 percent almost four years into his presidency, despite what critics warn are budding autocratic tendencies. It’s Massive. It’s Trumpian. And Now It’s Mysteriously Missing. 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z But what I call autocratic populists use this narrative to claim they are the sole voice of "the people" and those against them are "bad" or even "evil." “It’s really a red flag”: Democracy scholar alarmed by Trump’s unprecedented call for arrest protest 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z By the time she sat down to write her autobiography, she had developed a new perspective on her confrontation a half-century earlier with Buss, the autocratic headmistress. Overlooked No More: Lilian Lindsay, Britain’s First Female Dentist 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, the two autocratic presidents will dine at a state banquet in a richly frescoed hall used by a long line of Russian czars. A 'marriage of convenience' for Russia and China amid the Ukraine war, or more? 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Many of those behind bars were involved in the 2011 Arab Spring uprising that toppled the country’s longtime autocratic President Hosni Mubarak. U.S. charity calls on Egypt to release hunger-striking poet 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z “Israel is on the verge of becoming an autocratic country. The current government is trying to destroy our democracy, and actually destroy the country,” said Savion Or, a protester in Tel Aviv. Netanyahu airlifted to airport after protesters block road 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Most Taiwanese people have shown no interest in being ruled by autocratic China. China says should advance 'peaceful reunification' with Taiwan 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z And the conference was expanded and exported into multiple events throughout the year, in more than one state and in other countries, including those with autocratic leaders, such as Hungary and Brazil. For Republicans’ Rising Stars, CPAC Is Losing Its Pull 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Eritrea was not a party to the peace agreement, and regional observers have wondered if the country’s autocratic leader, Isaias Afwerki, would abide by it and pull his troops from the Tigray region. Slaughter on Eve of Ethiopian Peace Draws Accusations of War Crimes 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z The video highlighted what it argued was another myth — that Beijing is not seeking to spread its autocratic system worldwide or to undermine the current U.S.-led democratic order. Hollywood spreading China propaganda: Report 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z India is also a democracy, which Professor Ramakrishnan’s research has shown means Indian Americans are more likely to engage in the American democratic system than immigrants from autocratic countries. Indian Americans Rapidly Climbing Political Ranks 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Africa needs a stable, democratic Nigeria that might act as a bellwether and a model to autocratic countries on the continent. Opinion | Nigeria’s election offers the country a chance at a reset 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z They reject democracy for that reason and are subsequently attracted to strongman leaders and autocratic regimes because they incorrectly believe that they are simple, orderly and efficient. The science behind why conservatives are so easily triggered 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z Putin’s autocratic kleptocracy is thus far proving no match for Ukraine’s agile democracy. Opinion | Why Ukraine will win the war 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z In Putin’s telling, in contrast, Russia is not an autocratic power that attacked a neighboring country without provocation, but a victimized nation targeted by the United States and the West. Biden and Putin deliver dueling fiery speeches on Ukraine 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z In Warsaw, Poland, Mr. Biden framed the ongoing war as a test of the world’s democracies to stand up to autocratic strongmen. In dueling speeches, Putin and Biden offer radically different visions of the fight to come 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z To help shore up Turkey’s finances, he leaned more heavily on Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, whose autocratic leaders are keen on keeping him in power. Turkey’s Reeling Economy Is an Added Challenge for Erdogan 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, in a statement, called the stripping of citizenship “another step backward for the Nicaraguan people and a further step toward solidifying an autocratic regime.” Nicaragua Strips Citizenship From Hundreds Days After Prisoner Release 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z “And the autocratic ambitions of Vladimir Putin are certainly not a policy hill any African country should be willing to die on.” South Africa and Russia Are Old Friends. A War Isn’t Going to Change That. 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The earthquake “could really destroy the image of Erdogan as a powerful, autocratic, yet efficient leader,” said Soner Cagaptay, who heads Turkey research at the Washington Institute, a policy research organization. Erdogan’s re-election hopes could hinge on his response to the disaster. 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Mr. Biden, meanwhile, took a much more personal line of attack, condemning his Russian counterpart as an autocratic strongman and a brutal dictator bent on crushing the human spirit. In dueling speeches, Putin and Biden offer radically different visions of the fight to come 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z Analysts say Mr. Erdogan, who has been criticized for his handling of relief efforts, is doubling down on an autocratic playbook for managing the economic and political fallout. Turkey’s Reeling Economy Is an Added Challenge for Erdogan 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z But critics warned he was becoming increasingly autocratic. Turkey's Erdogan still fighting for power after 20 years 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z President Joe Biden is eager to deepen ties with the world's largest democracy as part of his bid to win what he has framed as a contest between free and autocratic societies, especially China. India, U.S. discuss Narendra Modi White House visit 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z Nelson's guests included Paul Kagame, now entering his 23rd year as Rwanda's autocratic president. Internal email reveals The Family still involved in "new" National Prayer Breakfast 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The movement in some democratic states to follow Trump's autocratic playbook is now also metastasizing globally. The votes that weren't cast: The nightmare of Republican voter suppression 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Several have called on the world to recognize the threat posed to religious freedom by autocratic, authoritarian, communist and even hardline theocratic regimes in countries like Iran, North Korea and China. Religious freedom under threat; summit highlights actions by China, developments in Japan 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z Turkey’s leader has also used expansive, autocratic powers to quell challenges to his rule, including a years-long government crackdown on the news media that has stifled independent reporting. Facing hardest election yet, Turkey’s Erdogan woos voters with ‘good news’ 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z After he took office, his autocratic attitude toward the law came into even sharper focus. A federal court holds Trump accountable for his abuse of the law: Here's why that matters 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Angry Tunisian demonstrators and some outside observers have expressed concern that the birthplace of the Arab Spring uprisings against autocratic leaders 12 years ago is now teetering away from democracy under President Kais Saied. Live updates | World Economic Forum gathering in Davos 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Belarus put Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the country’s main exiled opposition leader, on trial for treason in absentia, in the latest crackdown on dissent against the country’s autocratic ruler. Your Wednesday Briefing 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Belarus on Tuesday put the country’s main exiled opposition leader on trial in absentia for treason, in the latest crackdown on dissent against the country’s autocratic ruler. Belarus Puts Opposition Leader on Trial for Treason in Her Absence 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z There is good evidence that the more autocratic a regime, the more it rides with impunity in the wars it engages with. As Humanitarian Crises Escalate, So Do Demands to End Them 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The real significance of Judge Middlebrooks' sanction of Trump is the signal it sends: The judiciary is willing to resist an autocratic personality's attempts to weaponize the law. A federal court holds Trump accountable for his abuse of the law: Here's why that matters 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Economic opening did not lead to political opening in Russia or China, as had been widely predicted, with the result that rival democratic and autocratic blocs confront each other. Davos Confronts a New World Order 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Menendez and others have sharply criticized Mr. Erdogan’s autocratic governing style, which in recent years has included a harsh crackdown on media outlets, opposition parties and other sources of dissent. Biden Administration Faces Resistance to Plan to Sell F-16s to Turkey 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z As the Georgian government became more autocratic and Russia-friendly, Saakashvili saw no role for himself there and left for Ukraine, where he held a series of official positions with varying degrees of success. Opinion | The world can’t allow the ex-president of Georgia to die in detention 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z Trump, who is divisive and demagogic at home and favors autocratic regimes abroad, is the United States’ greatest scourge on public service in the 21st century. Opinion | No resolutions for me, but here’s hoping there’s a reckoning for Trump 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z It reflects the willingness and ability of the judiciary to resist an autocratic personality's attempts to use law to harass and destroy his opponents and dismantle limitations on his own power. A federal court holds Trump accountable for his abuse of the law: Here's why that matters 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The firm’s hacking tools have been used by autocratic and democratic governments to target journalists, dissidents and human rights workers. Lawmakers Signal Inquiries Into U.S. Government’s Use of Foreign Spyware 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z In her first remarks on the scandal, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola seemed to cast this very European scandal as an outside job, the work of “malign actors, linked to autocratic third countries.” Analysis | European Parliament corruption probe is a gift to the bloc’s critics 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z He added: “He was stubborn and autocratic in his leadership style, and a number of longtime comrades who clashed with Sison found themselves on the receiving end of smear campaigns or assassination attempts.” Jose Maria Sison, Philippine Communist Party Founder, Dies at 83 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Brazil’s autocratic President Jair Bolsonaro lost his job in a well-conducted national election; he challenged the result in court and lost again. Column: Democracy around the world is looking a little healthier, at least next to the alternative 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z They are exasperated with political elites, welcome their increasingly autocratic president’s political reforms and see the vote for a new parliament as a chance to solve their dire economic crisis. Low turnout in Tunisia parliament vote amid economic vows 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z To others, it is the illegitimate brainchild of a president with autocratic aspirations of his own. Tunisia Heads for First Elections Since Presidential Power Grab 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola told the 27 EU leaders meeting for a summit in Brussels there were serious suspicions that "people linked to autocratic governments" were seeking to subvert EU democracy. EU lawmakers suspend work on Qatar files over graft scandal 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Many condemned Mr Castillo's attempt to dissolve Congress and described the move as "autocratic". Peru political crisis: Why is Peru under a state of emergency? 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z Part of the answer is that U.S. policymakers are more aware than ever before of the threats autocratic regimes can pose to the world’s democracies. Biden gets tough on trade 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z “Malign actors linked to autocratic third countries,” Ms. Metsola said, “will stop at nothing.” European Union Roiled by Corruption Investigation Linked to Qatar 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Liberals who warned about autocratic tendencies when Trump invoked such powers ought to be just as concerned now, even if the policy is more to their liking. Opinion | A loan forgiveness emergency? The Supreme Court takes up Biden’s Trumpy plan. 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z The Japan-educated Lee, who died two years ago, was dubbed "Mr. Democracy" for burying autocratic rule in favour of freewheeling pluralism in Taiwan. Taiwan pledges deeper Japan security cooperation as senior lawmaker visits 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Xi Jinping, the sternly autocratic leader, must preside over the mourning — the deaths of Chinese Communist leaders are always fraught moments of political theater — while preventing Jiang from becoming a symbolic cudgel against Xi’s politics. Your Thursday Briefing: Jiang Zemin Dies 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z At the same time, autocratic governments, learning from uprisings in the 2000s in former Soviet states, have grown savvier at outmaneuvering dissent. The Long Odds Facing China’s Protesters 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The ruling party relies on that group to abide by an unwritten post-Tiananmen agreement to accept autocratic rule in exchange for a better quality of life. China’s Xi faces threat from public anger over ‘zero COVID’ 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Some appeared nervous when Associated Press journalists stopped by their matches, with several asking if they’d be in trouble for playing cricket in vacant lots in his autocratic nation. Laborers play sandlot cricket near World Cup soccer stadiums 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z After his release from prison, Mr. Bao used essays, interviews and Twitter to denounce China’s autocratic turn. Bao Tong, 90, Dies; Top Chinese Official Imprisoned After Tiananmen 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z It wasn’t immediately clear what, if any, influence Qatar’s autocratic government had on the armband decision. World Cup teams nix armbands that were seen as snub to Qatar 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z There are sycophantic advisers who don't dare to criticize the autocratic leader. Putin's massive mistake: Lawrence Freedman on Ukraine and the lessons of history 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z While Qatar viewed their arrival as a sea change in the gerontocracies gripping the Mideast, other Gulf Arab nations saw the protests as a threat to their autocratic and hereditary rule. Qatar to open Mideast’s first World Cup before leaders, fans 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z Known for an autocratic streak as he transformed Malaysia from an agrarian nation into a modern economy, Mr. Mahathir was running again for his parliamentary seat and fielding a small coalition. Malaysians Were Pitched Political Stability. Elections Created More Chaos. 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z He has been imprisoned several times, and has spent a total of nine years behind bars, becoming a symbol of Egypt’s sliding back to an even more autocratic rule under el-Sissi. Family: Egypt activist ‘deteriorated’ since hunger strike 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z Ron DeSantis is more autocratic than Trump in some respects, and there are other Republicans and people on the right who are going to continue to be a threat to our democracy. What just happened? David Rothkopf on the midterm surprise and the Trump-DeSantis battle 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z In some ways, it was the state monopoly’s autocratic Soviet legacy that led to its unexpected wartime success. Ukraine’s 15,000-Mile Lifeline 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z But critics say legislators had little choice but to get in line with a president who analysts say has become increasingly autocratic since he was elected in 2016, jailing political opponents and stifling press freedom. While Abortion Rights Shrink in U.S., This Small Country Expanded Access 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Many speculated the former mid-level Khmer Rouge commander would feature his own mug on the timepiece in the narcissistic vein of autocratic leaders in the past, like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein or Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi. Watches, daggers and cricket ice cream: Asian summit treats 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Author of five books on religion, Aslan immigrated with his family to the Bay Area following the revolution of 1979, which shifted power from an autocratic shah to radical clerics. Reza Aslan on Tehrangeles, revolution and the death threats that sidelined his book tour 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Bundesliga rival Hoffenheim previously said it was skipping coverage of the tournament that starts next week in protest against the “human rights violations and discrimination against homosexuals in the autocratic Gulf state.” German club Gladbach slams Qatar’s World Cup: ‘Not right’ 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Giving up our power to a bunch of autocratic self-dealers like Trump is a surefire way to give up all hope of any progress on any of the issues voters say they care about. After the midterms, Trump faces a possibly fatal setback for his 2024 coup plans 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Abdel-Fattah has spent the majority of the past decade behind bars with his detention becoming a symbol of the North African country’s return to autocratic rule. Egyptian hunger striker is hospitalized, family says 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z In South America, Venezuelan migrants are taking risky journeys by foot to flee inflation, poverty and the country’s autocratic president. Florida has long been a sanctuary for immigrants. That’s now being tested. 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z “I never thought it would happen in the U.S., but I think it’s going to be perhaps autocratic going forward.” The World’s Democracies Ask: Why Can’t America Fix Itself? 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z For many Egyptians, his detention is a symbol of the country’s return to autocratic rule. Takeaways: Calls for reparations, emissions cuts at COP27 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z “But there are no thriving economies in autocratic societies.” The whole country will be watching Pennsylvania on election night — again 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The 40-year old activist spent most of the past decade behind bars and his detention has become a symbol of Egypt’s return to autocratic rule. Amnesty: Egypt has days to save jailed activist’s life 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z The UAE is “an autocratic and authoritarian government ruled by a royal family rich in oil and gas and controls some of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the entire world,” Harris said. Trump ally Thomas Barrack acquitted of violating foreign agents law 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Scholz, who will meet with both Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Xi, will press China to open up its markets, raise human rights concerns and discuss "autocratic" tendencies, a German government spokesperson said last week. Worries over Germany's China dependency overshadow Scholz trip 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z He also warned European companies tempted to increase their investment in China that they did so at their own risk in a country that was becoming more "autocratic". EU industry chief issues China warning ahead of Scholz's Beijing visit 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Together with Vladimir Putin, these two leaders of autocratic governments will continue to confront the United States at every opportunity. Opinion | The U.S. is ill-equipped to respond to autocratic China and Russia 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The autocratic politician who has led Turkey for the past two decades — first as prime minister and as president since 2014 — is seeking a new five-year term. Erdogan outlines future for Turkey, vows new constitution 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The Salvadoran leader’s bid may be unconstitutional, and Salvadoran immigrants who fled his autocratic rule fear another civil war. How a Salvadoran market became the soul of a community — and now fights to survive 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The site also carries echoes of China’s autocratic present under Xi Jinping — and a potent warning of one possible future. Your Thursday Briefing: Iran’s Protests Intensify 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z It carries echoes of China’s autocratic present under the rule of Xi Jinping and a potent warning of one possible future that might await Taiwan should it be absorbed by China. Why People Are Flocking to a Symbol of Taiwan’s Authoritarian Past 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z How will the United States respond to these rivals, as well as to the spread of autocratic influences we’re seeing in other countries such as Turkey, Hungary and India? Opinion | The U.S. is ill-equipped to respond to autocratic China and Russia 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z “Over time, this negative aspect grows like a cancer,” said Monty G. Marshall, longtime director of the Polity IV Project, which collects data on governments worldwide and rates how democratic and autocratic they are. For Trump’s Backers in Congress, ‘Devil Terms’ Help Rally Voters 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Moreover, there will be no reason for some future Trump-like figure, his autocratic successor, not to try another Jan. 6. These elections "are the most important in our lifetime": Democracy advocate on America's choice 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z However, analysts say autocratic control means there are few checks on miscalculations and that full responsibility falls on one man. Chinese Communist Party Congress affords another step for Xi Jinping's consolidation of power 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z Regional analysts emphasize Taiwan’s significance as an example of democracy and free market connectivity for other nations in a region to follow amid rising Chinese economic dominance and autocratic political pressure from Beijing. Tawain’s microchip dominance ground zero in growing U.S.-China Cold War 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z But any appearance of reconciliation with Mr. Maduro risks angering some American voters, and the administration is debating how to engage with the autocratic leader without legitimizing or helping perpetuate his rule. With Migration Surging, U.S. Considers Easing Sanctions on Venezuela 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The case, Mr. Sannikov said, showed how the European authorities had sometimes been complicit in helping Mr. Lukashenko consolidate his increasingly autocratic regime. The Belarusian laureate is a longtime pillar of Eastern Europe’s human rights movement. 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z It is also hard to hold them accountable for not focusing on the threat represented by Trump and his autocratic tendencies and movement early on. These elections "are the most important in our lifetime": Democracy advocate on America's choice 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z How far can he press on — arrogant, brutal, autocratic, reckless, contemptuous of democratic values and innocent lives — before the United States says enough? Opinion | Biden gave Mohammed bin Salman a fist bump. His reward? A gut punch. 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Nicaragua, which is led by brutally autocratic President Daniel Ortega, dropped out. U.S. pledges $240 million to address migration in Latin American countries 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z His autocratic style is impeding his access to sound intelligence. Putin's dream of Russian victory slips away in Ukraine 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Oh, and let's not forget, Charles Koch, the multinational oil companies, a bunch of lower-level autocratic leaders — and the Republican Party. OPEC's October Surprise: Higher gas prices a boon to Putin, the Saudis — and Republicans 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z The flexibility and capacity for reinvention of democratic systems far exceeds that of autocratic regimes, she noted. A Time of Unease and Challenge for Democracy 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Dissent manifested in dozens of cities, attracting large numbers of Iranians calling for the ouster of the autocratic clerics who rule the country. Iran Protests Continue Despite Heavy Crackdowns 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z While Iran’s system is notoriously fractious, its multiple power centers and factions all stand unified in defense of the country’s autocratic system, a legacy of that government’s emergence in violent revolution. Even as Iranians Rise Up, Protests Worldwide Are Failing at Record Rates 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Among Iranians, growing online outrage has helped fuel successive waves of protest against the autocratic clerics who rule them, culminating this month in countrywide demonstrations that have challenged the foundations of the Islamic Republic. Despite Iran’s Efforts to Block Internet, Technology Has Helped Fuel Outrage 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z And Western democracies, in desperate search of energy to replace Russian oil and gas, have had to go cap in hand to some of the most autocratic leaders on earth. Democracy Under Siege From Autocrats, Social Media and Its Own Failures 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z Abe’s opponents recall his attempts to whitewash Japan’s wartime atrocities, his push for more military spending, his reactionary view of gender roles and a leadership seen as autocratic and supportive of cronyism. EXPLAINER: Why is Japan split over Abe’s state funeral? 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z We in the United States, alongside other nuclear states that may consider themselves less autocratic than North Korea, need to decide whether we wish to live in accordance with our own constitutions. North Korea’s new law is far from the only nuclear threat the world faces 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z “The main focus, however, is on the human rights violations and discrimination against homosexuals in the autocratic Gulf state,” Hoffenheim said in its statement. German soccer club Hoffenheim skipping World Cup coverage 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z It is an old tradition and goes back to Ivan the Terrible, if not to the Mongols beforehand, that there are enforcers of autocratic power that have license to kill without account. Why did Putin go to war, and can Ukraine win? A leading Russia historian chimes in 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z Even Vladimir V. Putin, Russia’s autocratic leader, seemed almost deferential in his meeting with Mr. Xi on Thursday, acknowledging that China had “questions and concerns” about Russia’s war in Ukraine. In the ‘Great Game’ of Central Asia, China’s Leader Seeks the Advantage 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met Xi Jinping of China on Wednesday, displaying a united front against what the two autocratic leaders consider to be American hegemony. What is Putin hoping for from Xi? 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z “As our countries support Ukraine’s heroic fight, we remain vigilant against autocratic threats worldwide,” she said. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Berlin for G-7 speakers’ summit 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z It probably helps that Saudi Arabia is an autocratic kingdom and that Mr. Putin has suppressed or eliminated most of his domestic political opposition. Ostracized by the West, Russia Finds a Partner in Saudi Arabia 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden’s affirmation of relations with autocratic rulers in the Middle East is a notable example of his deviation from a stated pillar of his foreign policy: the support of democratic principles and nations abroad. Lawmakers Tell Biden Administration to Withhold All Military Aid to Egypt 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The conversation comes at a time of weakness for both autocratic leaders as Russia suffers losses in Ukraine and China endures an economic slowdown. Your Wednesday Briefing: Putin and Xi Prepare to Meet 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Their accounts, given on condition anonymity for fear of reprisals, show the limits of speech in the autocratic nation that tightly controls its domestic media. Mass firing at UAE newspaper raises question of censorship 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Serbia’s rights groups have urged supporters to join the Pride march as part of struggle for democracy that they say is under threat in Serbia from Vucic’s autocratic regime. Thousands protest planned Pride gathering in Serbia 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Some officials and experts point out that there are good reasons to believe that Moscow’s latest efforts to build an autocratic bloc against the West will not succeed. Opinion | Putin is trying to build a new axis of autocrats 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z For one thing, he said, the United States must ensure it and its democratic partners are perceived as militarily stronger than their autocratic rivals. Biden Puts Support of Democracy at Center of Agenda, at Home and Abroad 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The Atlantic’s Anne Applebaum thinks Gorbachev’s failures to promote democracy, revitalize the economy and fully reckon with the Soviet Union’s past wrongs helped birth today’s autocratic and corrupt Russia. Office Drama 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z But for autocratic leaders in other parts of the world, his legacy stands as a cautionary tale of power discarded quickly and, by some estimates, cavalierly, with little or nothing in return. For China’s Xi and Other Strongmen, Gorbachev Showed Exactly What Not to Do 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “In combination with our monarchist tradition and the deferential attitude to higher authority typical of the Russian national character, this presented a real risk of creating an autocratic regime.” Disdained by Putin, Gorbachev walked a tightrope to defend his legacy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z His leadership saw an opening up of the Soviet economy and brought a degree of democracy to the autocratic country. What a Pizza Hut ad says about Gorbachev - and Russia 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z During his time in office, he gained a reputation as an outspoken, autocratic leader and presided over a period of rapid growth and modernization in Malaysia. Mahathir, Malaysia’s Former Premier, Is Hospitalized With Covid 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z A moratorium on visas could slam shut the exit door for political dissidents and anyone fleeing Putin’s autocratic rule after tens of thousands of Russians fled in the first months of the war. From hospitality into hostility: Russians in Germany feel the backlash from Ukraine war 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The firings led to accusations from critics of Hungary’s nationalist government, led by autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban, of punitive political pressure reminiscent of Hungary’s communist past. Hungary fireworks go on but weather agency controversy stays 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z It had been the British imam, said Mr Husain, who had pushed Iran's autocratic political and religious leader - urging that he "must do something for the Muslims". Salman Rushdie: Did a ‘chance’ airport meeting lead to fatwa? 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z Fascism is a political philosophy that exalts nation and often race above the individual and supports an autocratic government led by a dictatorial leader involving the forced suppression of opposition, U.S. dictionary Merriam-Webster says. MAGA Republican actions fit 'definition of fascism,' White House says 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z “An autocratic dictator can turn the valve on a gas pipeline and shut off energy, but nobody can control the sun.” Germany sees big jump in solar installations to curb dependence on Russian gas 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z Others said that Mr. Robertson’s autocratic style, increased competition and heavy speculative losses in shares of US Airways and in the Japanese yen contributed to the company’s demise. Julian Robertson, 90, Dies; Brought Hedge Funds Into the Mainstream 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z What follows here, told through the people who make Odesa, is a story of what happens when the barbarism that frenzied autocratic Russian nationalism has unleashed meets a city forged in diversity and openness. Odesa Is Defiant. It’s Also Putin’s Ultimate Target. 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Russia’s autocratic regime insists the accused is guilty, while the U.S. government demands justice. Before Griner, a Russian prosecution put Theodore Roosevelt in a bind 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Washington has been an important donor of both development and security help to Tunisia since its 2011 revolution that ousted autocratic ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and introduced a democratic system of government. U.S. defense secretary raises concerns for Tunisia democracy 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z He was presumed dead after a plane crash at sea in the revolution’s early days, before the regime had ossified into autocratic rule. Commentary: Dear Hollywood: If you're gonna whitewash the Fidel Castro biopic, just go all the way 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Congress came together this week to assert U.S. leadership and push back against the aggression of two autocratic regimes. Opinion | The skeptics are wrong: The U.S. can confront both China and Russia 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Pelosi portrays her high-profile trip as part of a U.S. obligation to stand with democracies against autocratic countries, and with democratic Taiwan against China. Explainer: Why Pelosi went to Taiwan, and why China’s angry 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z In Latin America, several countries have turned to more autocratic or anti-U.S. governments while building stronger ties with China. America's allies are watching the Jan. 6 hearings. They are worried about U.S. democracy 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z These ups and downs are certainly linked to China’s autocratic model. With Crisis Everywhere, Do Democracies Have an Edge? 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z They too were sick of economic hardship, political corruption and their autocratic ruler. Tunisia vote marks a death of a dream for some Arab Spring protesters 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z Bukele has taken a decidedly autocratic turn since his election, firing judges and the attorney general, and engineering his party’s takeover of El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly. U.S. to expand list of 'corrupt' officials in Central America 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Improvising a theater of rage that swung out like light rays — jaded, autocratic music illuminated by love and vengeance. May the ghost of Sun Ra return to lift the 50-year curse he cast on Los Angeles 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Turkmenistan is the only other country with more than 100,000 people that hasn’t reported any cases, although experts believe there has been a significant outbreak there that the autocratic leadership has chosen to ignore. Micronesia last of bigger nations to have COVID-19 outbreak 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z But activists say those steps fall short of what is needed to end repressive tactics in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other autocratic states. Three journalist deaths fit uneasily in Biden’s human rights push 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z MBS is reminiscent of other autocratic reformers, such as Turkey’s Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and the shah of Iran, who used their iron grip to modernize traditional Muslim societies. Opinion | Cut Biden some slack. U.S. presidents have to deal with dictators. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z The autocratic Gulf Arab sheikhdom announced the prison sentence a day after Washington-based human rights watchdog Democracy for the Arab World Now raised alarm about its board member’s arrest at Dubai International Airport. World Digest: July 17, 2022 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z The autocratic Gulf Arab sheikhdom announced the prison sentence a day after Washington-based human rights watchdog Democracy for the Arab World Now, DAWN, raised alarm about Ghafoor’s arrest from Dubai International Airport. UAE sentences former Khashoggi lawyer to 3 years in prison 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Representative Madeleine Dean, Democrat of Pennsylvania, said that Republicans had “fixed” the Supreme Court, “with a few justices seated by an autocratic president.” House Passes Two Bills Seeking to Ensure Access to Abortion 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z If the United States has to suffer autocratic regimes to line up its ducks in a row, then so be it. Opinion | What’s a little autocracy for a little oil? 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The autocratic leader managed to negotiate a concession which allowed a temporary exemption for oil imports delivered by the Russian Druzhba pipeline to certain landlocked countries like Hungary. Hungary declares ‘energy emergency’ over threat of shortages 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The Mexican president announced he would skip the June event unless the leftist autocratic leaders of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were invited. Mexico’s president meets Biden amid tension over migration, fentanyl 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The press chief for Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Monday that the autocratic leader had been invited to give an opening address at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas on Aug. 4. Hungarian nationalist PM Orban to deliver speech at CPAC 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Analysts believe that he has only been openly saying what autocratic Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is reluctant to state publicly, fearing a possible Western political backlash and isolation. US rejects ‘Serbian world’ advocated by Serbian minister 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z The Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the occupied West Bank, has grown increasingly unpopular and autocratic in recent years. Six things to watch during Biden’s trip to the Middle East 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z The benefits will not extend to non-Emirati families and individuals, who make up the vast majority of the country’s population but have very little power in the autocratic nation of nearly 10 million. Wealthy Mideast nations boost spending to protect citizens from inflation 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z “We also know that another autocratic regime — China — is watching our response closely,” she added. U.S. Aims to Expand Export Bans on China Over Security and Human Rights 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Cases might be resolved through high-level diplomacy simply because it is the only way to cut through those countries’ autocratic legal systems. Brittney Griner’s Detention in Moscow Is Latest in Hostage Diplomacy 2022-07-02T04:00:00Z Those videos have given few insights into policy plans to address Tunisia's main economic problems, but they have often included fiery rhetoric against his detractors and opponents, adding to fears the president seeks autocratic ends. Tunisia's Saied unpicks young 'Arab Spring' democracy 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z His victory has stoked concerns that another Marcos administration may return the country to its autocratic past. ‘We Can Trust No One’: Marcos Becomes President in the Philippines 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z In recent months, however, Saied’s increasingly autocratic approach has faced mounting opposition. Resistance builds in Tunisia as populist leader seeks more power 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Blow by blow, autocratic power is being solidified by this monstrous Christian fascism which is bankrolled by the most retrograde forces of corporate capitalism. Christian fascism is right here, right now: After Roe, can we finally see it? 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z These factors lead to the journalists being put in hostile situations that are more common in war zones or autocratic states. What to watch on Tuesday: ‘Only Murders in the Building’ airs on Hulu 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z It was against this backdrop that he began a trip on Sunday meant to focus on how to fix Ukraine, a fledgling democracy fighting Russia’s autocratic forces. Biden says America is leading. On abortion, Europeans disagree. 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z The pendulum of history is swinging toward the autocratic, at home and abroad, and Republican elites are nattering about “the needle” of short-term partisan gain. Opinion | Those ignoring the Jan. 6 revelations are guaranteeing more violence 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Song became the show’s emcee in the nascent years of South Korea’s democracy, which followed years of violent protests against the autocratic regime and made way for rapid economic and societal transformation. Song Hae, a South Korean TV host with staying power, dies at 95 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z "It follows the logic of this autocratic regime to find me guilty," she told reporters. Cambodian court jails American lawyer, dozens of others for treason 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Taiwan's people, who live in one of Asia's most freewheeling and liberal democracies, have shown no interest in being ruled by autocratic China. Taiwan says it's willing to engage with China, doesn't want to close door 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Russian losses in the war are not yet known, but certainly run into the tens of thousands, a potential source of anger toward Mr. Putin, whose autocratic hold on Russia keeps tightening. Momentum in Ukraine Is Shifting in Russia’s Favor 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Few in the hemisphere have much sympathy for the government in Havana or its autocratic allies in Managua and Caracas. Biden turns to his old friend Chris Dodd for a sensitive job 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Fox and its associates did everything they could to support Trump's autocratic maneuvers. Fox News viewers have no clue: Network blocks nearly all critical coverage of Donald Trump 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Since then, democratic backsliding and a return to autocratic leaders has threatened to overshadow the event. Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela are not at the Summit of the Americas — but their dissidents are 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Democracies are fragile everywhere, and this is especially so in countries in which citizens not only allow autocratic leaders to seize control but also are complacent, if not totally comfortable, with the result. Opinion | Has the revolution already started? 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z It has traditionally favoured close ties with Beijing, which has increasingly set it at odds with most Taiwanese, who feel little in common with autocratic China. Don't call us pro-China, Taiwan opposition chief says in U.S. 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Crime as politics, or "criminogenic" politics, to use the academic term, is a distinguishing feature of autocratic and authoritarian regimes. Donald Trump, criminal mastermind: Scholar Gregg Barak on the supreme con artist of our time 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z López Obrador has said that he doesn’t want to go unless every country in the region is invited, but the U.S. has resisted inviting autocratic governments like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Americas summit agenda takes shape, but who will show up? 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z But Orban’s opponents see the pipeline concession as another instance of the autocratic leader dividing the EU to serve his own purposes. Hungary’s Orban wins exemption in EU Russian oil embargo 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z Tunisia's major political parties have said they will fight Saied's decision to exclude them from major political reforms, including the drafting of a new constitution, and accused him of seeking to consolidate autocratic rule. Tunisia's panel to go ahead in writing new constitution despite academics' rejection 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z “Iran thinks it has options. If Iran wants to extract a better deal or concede less than US national security demands, it can turn to its autocratic allies.” Prospects for renewed Iran nuclear deal ‘tenuous,’ Biden’s special envoy testifies 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z Jovenel Moïse, the president assassinated in his bedroom last July, also enjoyed the public backing of two American presidents despite mounting evidence of his government’s abuses, enraging opponents of his autocratic rule. Invade Haiti, Wall Street Urged. The U.S. Obliged. 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Taiwan, like Ukraine in Europe, is a flash point in a contest between the United States and an autocratic power. Opinion | Biden is right to say the U.S. should defend Taiwan 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Tunisia’s major political parties pledged to fight Saied’s decision to exclude them from key political reforms including the drafting of a new constitution and accused him of seeking to consolidate autocratic rule. Tunisian union calls national strike, rejects president's dialogue 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z Unlike Washington, which considers the three autocratic governments as pariahs, Mexico’s leftist leader maintains regular ties with them. Biden risks troubled Americas summit in Los Angeles 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Whether their media outlets are state-owned, or private companies beholden to who those who hold the rein of power, autocratic rulers in countries like Belarus, Hungary and Georgia are emboldened by the Putin example. Putin gives a master class on why autocrats control the media 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Some Khmer community leaders want Chau to speak out against Hun Sen, Cambodia’s longtime autocratic ruler. In storied New England mill city, Cambodian Americans make political history 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z The event represents a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Conference of U.S. conservatives opens in Orban’s Hungary 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Mothers in mourning have a history of banding together in Latin America, sparking more enduring challenges to autocratic governments. Outside the Walls of a Salvadoran Prison, ‘We’re All Crying Mothers’ 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z This arguably began when the US refused to support his autocratic father in the waning years of the Cold War, inspiring pro-democracy movements across the world. What the Marcos' return to power means for the Philippines 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z But when I look at Trump and DeSantis, I see autocratic politicians whose messages resonate deeply with huge numbers of voters. Opinion | Trumpism is terrible. It also might be popular. 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z After more than two months of his vaunted military’s halting performance and heavy losses in Ukraine, they say, Russia’s autocratic leader needs something to show for the war’s massive cost in lives and treasure. Putin’s Forces Battle in East Ukraine to Feed His Hunger for a Victory 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Yet the autocratic leader has found common cause on many of these issues with those on the American right. Conference of U.S. conservatives opens in Orban’s Hungary 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z We think of Putin as a secular, autocratic leader. Opinion | Russia’s assault on Ukraine is entwined with a religious war 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z “There is direct read across from the actions of autocratic, coercive powers in Europe to what may happen in East Asia,” Johnson said. UK and Japan reach new defense deal amid Russia concerns 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z Opponents of Hun Sen, who has been in power for 37 years, criticize him for acting in an autocratic manner and keeping the opposition on a tight leash. Cambodian dissident dresses up as ‘Lady Justice’ for trial 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Silencing political opponents, whether by imprisonment or by imposing an effective ideology tax, presents the steepest of autocratic slopes. Ron DeSantis tramples the First Amendment: GOP's Disney payback is clearly unconstitutional 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Strikes remain illegal in the United Arab Emirates, an autocratic federation of seven sheikhdoms that bans unions and criminalizes dissent. Dubai delivery drivers walk off job in rare protest over pay 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z But beyond that, there’s no evidence — despite Xi’s assertions — that China or any other autocratic country has a much better track record on addressing climate change or solving its domestic problems. Column: Is democracy failing? Xi Jinping says it is, and he’s not entirely wrong 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z Moi’s autocratic tendencies were visible in the presidential portraits that hung on the walls of stores, on the roads that bore his name and on the country’s currency, which featured his likeness. Mwai Kibaki, third president of Kenya, dies at 90 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z This autocratic regime is putting justice itself on trial. Cambodian dissident dresses up as ‘Lady Justice’ for trial 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Apart from a sense of autocratic camaraderie, ideology is no longer part of Moscow’s allure. With Us or With Them? In a New Cold War, How About Neither. 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Trump’s opinions were reinforced in meetings with Putin, whom he publicly admired, and Viktor Orban, the autocratic prime minister of Hungary. America’s Road to the Ukraine War 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Naím wonders if further autocratic control during a pandemic is an effective strategy and hopes that vaccines will help restore trust in democratic governments. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Observers see her quickly aligning with autocratic governments in Hungary and Poland in their efforts to defy the liberal democratic ideals at the E.U.’s core. Europe fears possible Le Pen presidency in France as a threat from within 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z This autocratic regime uses the court as its weapon,” said Theary Seng, who graduated from University of Michigan Law School in the United States. Cambodian dissident dresses up as ‘Lady Justice’ for trial 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z “A regime such as this will have autocratic bedfellows, including in Moscow.” With Us or With Them? In a New Cold War, How About Neither. 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z Kibaki, in a wheelchair and a leg cast after a car crash, promised his ecstatic inauguration crowd a clean break from Moi’s autocratic quarter-century rule. Kenyan leader Kibaki's legacy stained by re-election violence, graft 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z These could present an opportunity for the world’s democracies to come together, but unfortunately, they could just as easily enable further autocratic consolidation. Review | How the world has been ‘made safe for autocracy’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Pro-democracy groups that helped overthrow Bashir but were forced out of a power-sharing arrangement by the coup fear a return of the autocratic rule they have struggled to consign to history. Analysis: Under military's watch, Sudan's former ruling party making a comeback 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Johnson said in a statement Friday, “The world faces growing threats from autocratic states which seek to undermine democracy, choke off free and fair trade and trample on sovereignty.” Britain to offer next-generation defense weapons to India 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z “We need to rethink our relations with autocratic regimes and strengthen our ties with like-minded partners,” he said. Ukraine war shows 'end of globalisation as we know it' - EU's Gentiloni 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Rupe, known for an autocratic manner, greenlighted one secular session for Cooke but did not want to alienate the singer’s gospel fans. Art Rupe, record mogul who helped launch Little Richard and Sam Cooke, dies at 104 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z “As we face threats to our peace and prosperity from autocratic states, it is vital that democracies and friends stick together,” he said in a statement. UK's Johnson to leave home woes behind in visit to India 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Georgieva also warned of “the fragmentation of the world economy into geopolitical blocs,” with the West imposing far-reaching sanctions on Russia and China expressing support for the autocratic Russian regime of President Vladimir Putin. IMF chief: Ukraine war and inflation threaten global economy 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z “The election of Madame Le Pen would mean electing an admirer of Putin’s regime, an autocratic regime and an admirer of Putin’s imperialistic logic,” said Dominique Sopo, head of the group SOS Racism. France’s Le Pen warns against sending weapons to Ukraine 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z The 40-year-old activist’s detention has become a symbol of Egypt’s return to autocratic rule. World Digest: April 11, 2022 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z So don't just think of the Russian president as some aberrant oddball or autocratic madman who appeared magically at the disastrous edge of history, forcing his way into our peaceful lives. Ukraine in perspective: Is war in Europe shocking and unusual? Hardly 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z Some have had a long diplomatic or political connection to Moscow, or, in the case of countries like increasingly autocratic Hungary, a new one. At NATO, Biden's top diplomat keeps eye toward leaders less eager to condemn Putin 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z As those powers seek to exert greater influence on the continent and beyond, Orban and Vucic have aimed to emulate the autocratic touch through their own style of governance in the heart of Europe. Wins for pro-Putin leaders buttress autocracies in Europe 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z "I would call these dictatorial, autocratic and draconian steps," opposition leader Sajith Premadasa told me at an impromptu protest on Sunday. Why Sri Lanka cabinet resignations won't appease angry protesters 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z Since 2011, 33 countries in the world have become more autocratic, while only 15 have become more democratic. Putin's war and the battle for democracy: How this conflict raises the global stakes 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Almost immediately after taking power, Lukashenko began to impose autocratic rule. The Battle for the Mural — and the Future of Belarus 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Many political analysts say Orban has been able to thrive, despite his ties with Putin, precisely because of the autocratic ways in which he has transformed Hungarian society during his 12 consecutive years in power. Despite Putin ties, Hungary’s Orban gains popularity before election 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Opposition and rights watchdogs also accuse Vucic and his allies of an autocratic style of rule, corruption, nepotism, controlling the media, attacks on political opponents and ties with organised crime. Serbians go to polls to pick president, parliament amid Ukraine war 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Putin is more than the autocratic leader of Russia. Joe Biden defends democracy abroad — but what about right here at home? 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z This autocratic regression is also a new trend in the third wave of autocratization. Putin's war and the battle for democracy: How this conflict raises the global stakes 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z In Southeast Asia, Myanmar has quickly outstripped the dismal records of its autocratic neighbors, including Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, said Phil Robertson, the deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch. Myanmar Junta’s Political Prisoners Since Coup Now Number 10,000 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z Tunisia threw off autocratic rule in a 2011 revolution and introduced democracy, but its system that shared power between president and parliament has proven unpopular after years of political paralysis and economic stagnation. Tunisian parliament to defy president with full session 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z John Dickinson joined them as a representative of Delaware, while John Rutledge, the autocratic Charlestonian, came from South Carolina. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Stretching more than 5,000 words, the joint statement encapsulated a shared worldview between two authoritarian powers and two autocratic leaders. Perspective | The worse things go for Putin in Ukraine, the more China will back him 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z In his comments to troops, Biden talked of a global struggle between democracies and autocratic forces. Biden meets with Polish president as Russia war in Ukraine dominates agenda 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Her father was the editor of the newspaper La Prensa, which opposed the autocratic Somoza family that ruled Nicaragua for decades. Cristiana Chamorro: Nicaragua opposition leader sentenced 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z So there are times when autocratic rule can look more effective than the messiness of democracies bound by rule of law. Another dictator is having a bad year 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z King Charles II had given the province to his brother James, the Duke of York, who renamed it New York and installed an autocratic government before taking the throne himself in 1685. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The ongoing bloodshed and destruction visited on Ukraine by the Russian army have forced us to consider the geopolitical and moral perils of reliance on fossil fuels produced by autocratic and dictatorial regimes. Opinion | Maryland needs its nuclear power 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z Biden entered office regarding China as the key foreign policy challenge of the era, one that required a more hardline defense of democratic values against autocratic competitors. Analysis: U.S. gamble on China over Ukraine raises tensions with rival superpower 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z “Even if Ukraine were autocratic, it would not be tolerated by Putin,” he said. Analysis ❘ Putin’s war on Ukraine is about ethnicity and empire 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The thing is, all of these failures, like Putin’s failures in Ukraine, ultimately stem from the inherent weakness of autocratic government. Another dictator is having a bad year 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z A near-total ban went into effect in January 2021, fueling discontent among those who believe human freedoms are being eroded under the increasingly autocratic Law and Justice Party. In Reversal, Guatemala Shelves Anti-Abortion Law 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z With autocratic leaders in Russia and elsewhere controlling information, he said, “we’re moving in the opposite direction.” ‘You can fake anything on the internet’: Professors host day to teach WA students to combat misinformation 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z In the new report, we highlight a dynamic we describe as "autocratic collaboration." Is America the "world's greatest democracy"? In 2022, we don't even crack the top 50 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z Putin’s concept of a nation is an ethnic and autocratic one, in contrast to the Western idea of a multicultural state built on civic responsibility, the rule of law and individual rights. Analysis ❘ Putin’s war on Ukraine is about ethnicity and empire 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Protests, demonstrations and political expression are heavily suppressed in the autocratic country. UAE authorities order arrests over rare riot at soccer match 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Mohamed might say Bill can be autocratic and kind of domineering, and he wants to do what he wants to do and he might make a mess and that has to be cleaned up later. ‘The Bond King’ Traces the Arc of a Pioneering Investor 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Throughout the late Deby’s three-decade autocratic rule, his government repeatedly faced threats from rebels seeking to mount incursions into the country’s capital. Chad’s junta and rebel groups open peace talks in Qatar 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Those empire builders also operated in a world where it was still possible to claim real public legitimacy for imperialism, conquest, autocratic rule. Opinion | The Ukraine War and the Retro-Future 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z How autocratic or how democratic a country is. ‘They are preparing for war’: An expert on civil wars discusses where political extremists are taking this country 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Nina dismisses such theories and instead points to Putin’s messianic, autocratic impulses and his self-regard as the next “great” figure on the Russian continuum of “greats.” Opinion | Why Russia won’t soon recover from Putin’s Ukraine blunder 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z President Biden has made diplomatic overtures to autocratic leaders he had previously kept at arm’s length. Opinion | Long live a free Ukraine, despite its past 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z This could be especially useful in countries having autocratic leaders who might wreak vengeance on dissenters. How Coin Flipping Can Make Polls More Accurate 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z In NoViolet Bulawayo’s new novel, “Glory,” a nation riven by decades of autocratic rule finds itself dividing once again. Review | In ‘Glory,’ talking animals bear a striking resemblance to real-life tyrants 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Most Taiwanese people have shown no interest in being ruled by autocratic China, and have strongly supported anti-government protests in Chinese-run Hong Kong. China pledges peaceful growth of Taiwan ties, but opposes foreign interference 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Both are autocratic leaders who share an ambition to deepen the ties and allegiance between their people and their "motherland". Ukraine invasion: Can China do more to stop Russia's war in Ukraine? 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z For more than two decades, Alexander Lukashenko ping-ponged between Russia and the West, extracting what he could from both sides while ruling Belarus with autocratic fervor and more than a little eccentricity. Opinion | In war, Russia has swallowed up Belarus. Freedom is at stake there, too. 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z He said Putin scores high in the three categories associated with the mental disorder of psychopathy: aggression, narcissism and lack of empathy, which have been on full display in autocratic leader's invasion of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has features of a psychopath: expert 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z By 2000 the nation endured another round of civil war, as three separate rebel groups sought to overthrow Kabila’s autocratic rule. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Their circles tend to be insular,” a second administration official said of autocratic regimes like Russia’s. In Putin, intelligence analysts see an isolated leader who underestimated the West but could lash out if cornered 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Not even the invasion of Ukraine by Russia has proved enough for Infantino to publicly distance himself from the autocratic leader. Gianni Infantino's admiration of Vladimir Putin leaves FIFA exposed 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z "Putin is a cold-blooded, typical Russian autocratic leader and a very calculated risk-taker. He’s simply executing a plan that he has been hatching for 20 years." Vladimir Putin's mental state questioned by growing number of US officials 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Its autocratic government voted on Sunday to renounce its non-nuclear status - paving the way for Russia to potentially stage nuclear weapons there. Ukrainian cities on alert after night of shelling as a 'crucial' day begins 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Finland and Sweden, after decades of neutrality, have signaled a new interest in joining the alliance while more autocratic members of the defense pact have excoriated Moscow. Putin's fears of a unified, stronger Europe are fast becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z After all, who will want to make long-term commitments to a country whose autocratic leadership has shown such reckless contempt for the rule of law? Laundered money could be Putin’s Achilles’ heel 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z Anger at autocratic bosses and the misery of the Great Depression helped unions like the Teamsters and Machinists, which belonged to the older American Federation of Labor, to make inroads as well. Opinion | Democrats Used to Be Able to Get Things Done. What Happened? 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z "The cowardly and murderous attack by the autocratic Russian regime on us must be stopped immediately," he concluded his post. Hayden Panettiere confirms her daughter, 7, is 'safe,' 'not in Ukraine' during Russian invasion 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z But President Putin, who has all but squashed any opposition in his own country, will have taken note of how his autocratic neighbour in Belarus effectively crushed the protests there over the last two years. Ukraine: Where does it go from here? 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z From the start, Biden presented his presidency as a way to showcase the benefits of democracy and make a forceful argument against the world’s rising autocratic regimes. At the moment he’s prepared for his whole career, Biden faces the limits of his power 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z The autocratic leader made clear earlier this week that he sees no reason for Ukraine to exist, raising fears of possible broader conflict in the vast space that the Soviet Union once ruled. Russia presses invasion to outskirts of Ukrainian capital 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Questioning why we should hate the autocratic and isolated Russian ruler, the “Tucker Carlson Tonight” host discounted Ukraine as “a pure client state of the United States State Department.” On the eve of war, Tucker Carlson defended Putin. Now he's backpedaling 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z |
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