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1. Struggling for Justice in Romania, Decades After Revolution

Author

Higgins, Andrew

Subjects
Political violence -- History -- Casualties, Human rights -- History, Dictatorship -- History, Dictators -- Powers and duties, Justice, Administration of -- Forecasts and trends -- Romania, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

People struggling for justice for family members killed in the 1989 uprising say that servants of the Ceausescu regime have blocked any reckoning with the past. After attending a ceremony [...]

Published
2023

2. A 'sick joke': Tigrayan forces reject ceasefire in Ethiopia's embattled region

Subjects
Tigray, Ethiopia -- Military aspects, Western Canada -- Environmental aspects, North Korea -- Safety and security measures, Ethiopia. National Defense Force -- Powers and duties, Tigre People's Liberation Front -- Military aspects, Control, Military aspects, Powers and duties, Distribution, Political aspects, Casualties, Safety and security measures, Environmental aspects, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Company distribution practices, Epidemics -- Political aspects -- Ethiopia, Armistices -- Political aspects, Low intensity conflicts -- Forecasts and trends, Dictators -- Powers and duties, Extreme weather -- Forecasts and trends -- Casualties, COVID-19 -- Distribution -- Control -- Political aspects, Hot weather -- Forecasts and trends -- Casualties, Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- Forecasts and trends
Abstract

Top of The World -- our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. (http://theworld.org/newsletters) Subscribe here . Tigray conflict The government of Ethiopia has said it could re-enter [...]

Published
2021

3. North Korea's Kim calls food situation 'tense' as reports of shortages mount

Author

Denyer, Simon

Subjects
Dictators -- Powers and duties, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Simon Denyer TOKYO - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called the country's food situation 'tense,' state media reported Wednesday, amid mounting reports of shortages. Opening a plenary [...]

Published
2021

4. Escaping tyranny in their home country, many Belarusians have fled to Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania

Subjects
Belarus -- Political aspects -- Emigration and immigration, Despotism -- Forecasts and trends, Murder -- Investigations, Dictators -- Powers and duties, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Political science
Abstract

Escaping tyranny in their home country, many Belarusians have fled to Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania. One such was Vitaly Shishov, who led an organization called 'Belarusian House in Ukraine.' Its [...]

Published
2021

5. Dictators are using the coronavirus to strengthen their grip on power

Author

Kurlantzick, Joshua

Subjects
Epidemics -- Political aspects -- Control -- International aspects -- United States, War and emergency powers -- Laws, regulations and rules -- International aspects, Political systems -- Forecasts and trends -- International aspects, Dictators -- Powers and duties, COVID-19 -- Prevention -- Political aspects -- International aspects, Democracy, Coronaviruses, Coronavirus infections, Exports, Dissenters, Foreign military assistance, Prisons, Power (Philosophy), American military assistance, Journalists, Novels, Government regulation, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Joshua Kurlantzick Azerbaijan's dictator, Ilham Aliyev, is a wily survivor. He woos European democracies with gas exports, hosts the Eurovision song contest and wins $100 million offers of military [...]

Published
2020

6. Autocrats Love Emergencies

Author

Levitsky, Steven and Ziblatt, Daniel

Subjects
War and emergency powers -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects -- Laws, regulations and rules, Dictators -- Powers and duties, Democracy -- Social aspects -- United States, President of the United States -- Powers and duties, National security -- Political aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Government regulation, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Crises are a time-tested means of subverting democracy.From Getúlio Vargas and other better-known dictators in the 1930s to Indira Gandhi and Ferdinand Marcos in the 1970s and on to Vladimir [...]

Published
2019

7. African dictators have been losing power -- some to democratic governments. Militaries can tip the scales toward democracy

Subjects
Africa -- Political aspects -- Military aspects, Political protest -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects, Democracy -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Africa, Military government -- Forecasts and trends -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, Dictators -- Powers and duties, Political leadership -- Forecasts and trends, Political corruption, Opposition (Political science), Political issue, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Nathaniel Allen;Alexander Noyes Across Africa, long-standing dictators are losing their grip on power. In April alone, Sudan's Omar Hassan al-Bashir and Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika were forced to step down. [...]

Published
2019

8. Assad wins, we lose

Subjects
Syrian Uprising, 2011- -- Forecasts and trends -- International aspects -- Casualties, Powers and duties, International aspects, Casualties, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Civil war -- Casualties -- Forecasts and trends -- International aspects -- Syria, Dictators -- Powers and duties
Abstract

When Hafez al-Assad, the former dictator of Syria, died and his son Bashar al-Assad succeeded him, observers doubted he would last. Bashar was an ophthalmologist in London. His father, the [...]

Published
2016

9. 2011 Was A Bad Year For Dictators

Subjects
World politics -- Forecasts and trends -- Personalities, Dictators -- Powers and duties, Market trend/market analysis, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=144173305 And of course nobody predicted the death of his father or the events which pushed several other harsh leaders out of power. [...]

Published
2011

10. Why dictators now face civilian revolt, from Syria to Swaziland

Author

Baldauf, Scott

Subjects
Dictators -- Powers and duties, Political issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Scott Baldauf Authoritarian regimes are crumbling across North Africa; street protests are rocking capitals from Syria to Swaziland. Is the age of dictators finally over? Certainly dictators have been [...]

Published
2011

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