Dictatorship

The U.S. doesn't dislike autocracy across the board—it just dislikes autocrats who have drastically different objectives than our own or deliberately seek to undermine U.S. power.

Imagine where we might be today if the United States had invested a fraction of the amount of money it spent on Iraq over the last two decades in supporting societies in transition to democracies, such as Tunisia.

What is happening in Tunisia is a cautionary tale of how a system without solid safeguards can crumble just like a house of cards.

Footage allegedly shows the Iranian Revolutionary Guards using a Soviet-era machine gun to target demonstrators amid widespread protests.

Experts agree that, whatever the outcome of the protests, the Islamic Republic "has no future."

"This is why dictatorships ... take Americans hostage, because they know they'll get something for it," said Republican Representative Mike Waltz.

Democracy and human rights are poison to a dictator's power.

Military blunders, flagging morale among troops and the prospect of a Russian economy on its knees are pressuring the president as he wages war in Ukraine.

North Korea's first lady attended a Lunar New Year holiday performance with the ruling family keeping a low profile.

Milley's perfidy is but the latest indication that our woke ruling class takes no prisoners in its systemic assault upon our constitutional order.

Cubans are calling for an end to the long-lasting communist regime and pushing for their freedoms to be restored.

In an unprecedented display of discontent, thousands of Cubans took to the streets in cities across the island demanding food, medicine and an end to the dictatorship.

The Belarusian ministry also warned it would take retaliatory measures against Western companies.

The Nicaraguan police have arrested dissenters and opposing politicians in an attempt by the president to jail those who may oppose his rule.

Akon's clear disregard for democracy in Uganda and support of a murderous regime is an unbearable affront to human dignity.

"I've been telling people for a long time now I'm beginning to see what happened in Germany back in the 1930s," Congressman Clyburn said on CNN on Tuesday.

With the death of President Morsi, whatever was left of the West's democratic legitimacy in the Arab world fades away.

For years, Islamic scholars have used this arcane religious ban to deter Muslims from opposing their rulers. But does it still apply?

Bolsonaro had previously said that Brazil's two decades of military dictatorship, which ended in 1985, was a "very good period" and that he is "in favor of torture."

Bolsonaro, a former army captain himself, will become Brazil's first far-right leader since the 1964-85 military regime, a period he has expressed nostalgia for.

An author who studies authoritarian regimes says Trump is mirroring the tactics of despots throughout history.

The goal is to promote patriotism in China and its territories, lawmakers say.

Pyongyang has one of the world's biggest ground armies.

South Korean intelligence reports allege that the four men were from North Korea's Ministry of State Security, the country's secret police.

Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein says the president's attacks on the media are 'more treacherous than Richard Nixon's attacks on the press.'

Rosario Murillo is currently the government's chief spokesperson.

Orlando Letelier was assassinated by a car bomb in 1976.