Xiao Gongqin thought that, in moments of flux, a strongman could build a bridge to democracy. Now he’s not so sure.

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It is time for discerning citizens to ponder over the factors and circumstances that have brought us to this precarious condition.

In the 1980s and 1990s, in particular, he sharply criticised the NP government’s autocracy and unwillingness to negotiate. As an “outside insider”, his understanding of Afrikaner power is informed and ...

History explains the modern world by tracking phenomena like gender, race, class, religion, the state, empire, or capitalism back through time. Our historians are able to reach back to the Roman ...

Political theorists have long sought to define the nature of totalitarian regimes. A 1956 book Totalitarian Dictatorship and Autocracy (New York: Praeger) identifies six characteristics that defined ...

He and his wife, appointed vice president in 2017, are accused by the U.S., the European Union, and Latin American countries of establishing an autocracy. Their grip on power tightened further ...