However, autocratic leaders are often careful not to allow ... On the one hand, a strong army is necessary for autocratic consolidation through coercion and intimidation. On the other, a powerful ...

Ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is not the first autocratic leader to have been forced to flee his country. Here are some emblematic cases over the past decades. On August 5, 2024 ...

There can never be doubt that people will choose democratic leaders over autocratic ones, everything else being equal. Who would want to surrender civil and political rights (freedom of expression ...

After 13 brutal years of war, Syrians breathe free after the fall of the autocratic Assad dynasty. Bashar al-Assad and his ...