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... and a leading scholar on authoritarianism. In a conversation with the Journal's Rebecca Chao... the very elements that undermined these regimes in 1989, precipitating the collapse of the Soviet Union, contribute to their durability today. (1) . Journal of International Affairs: There is ...
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...When these countries were ruled by authoritarian regimes, pressure on human rights resonated favoraably with democrats. But today some of the same democrats resent Washington's cen...
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...(29) . Nevertheless, domestic legal regimes are set up and operated differently from the inter...These discrepancies still survive today. Even within the two academic disciplines (interna... to provide for their citizens than authoritarian regimes. With notable exceptions such as Singapore...
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... the United States is in a world of trouble today on the foreign-policy front, and this state of aff...support for repressive regimes in countries like Egypt; American sanctions on Bag... democracies that retain significant authoritarian features. . In short, the Bush administration's fo...
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The very real possibility that Middle Eastern militaries could cast their lot with radical Islamists rather than with secular autocrats is examined. It would be unwise for Western policymakers to assume that the militaries that imposed security in the past will continue to repel Islamism in the future.
... countries have long histories of authoritarianism, influenced by both culture and religion. In moder...In Arab countries today, the "street" has little political significance. W... Eastern political culture, authoritarian regimes and patrimonial leadership have long been part of ...
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... as war would make for peace, the authoritarian world order would impose "democracy" within each c...) on a network of client authoritarian regimes. This is part of an imperial structure that Johan ...American policy in the Middle East today provides a striking example of the "ideological" p...
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Human rights groups are beginning to question President Obama's commitment to their issue as the administration engages authoritarian regimes, retains the option of sending terrorist suspects abroad to places where they might be tortured and puts off a presidential meeting with the Dalai Lama.
Mr. Obama's decision to wait until after he visits China in November to meet with the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists - who was on Capitol Hill Tuesday receiving an award - comes after a series of decisions that have underlined a classic tension in U.S. foreign policy between the head and the heart.
... challenges to human rights that we face today," said Jennifer Windsor, executive director of Fre...
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...Whether in the study of international regimes, new nongovernmental actors, or the "security" imp...(20) The model is authoritarian, austere, and admittedly regressive: "We must reco...What is different (say between 1989 and today) would seem to be largely a matter of how such exc...
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... and intelligence in the 1950-60s, 1980s and today. From 1979 to 1989, Pakistan played a key role in ... was the only alternative to an authoritarian military dictatorship. At the time of her death, s... military-hegemonic and party-dominant regimes. The 1990s revealed that Pakistan's political part...
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... had its share of dictatorships and authoritarian regimes including the dictatorship of Juan Perón,, a legacy the country feels to this day. Today, 97% of Argentina's population is composed of Euro...