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While Kyiv wrestles to persuade waffling Western leaders, Russia is building a coalition of autocrats to fortify the Kremlin’s war effort.—
Ihor N. Stelmach,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2025 -
Although there is nothing uncommon about autocrats passing power to their children, Iran is a Shiite theocracy, and traditional Shiite philosophy strongly condemns hereditary rule.—
Akbar Ganji,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Feb. 2025
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John Lithgow plays an elderly care home tyrant out to drive an arrogant and partially paralyzed judge, played by Geoffrey Rush, insane in the official trailer for The Rule of Jenny Pen, which dropped Monday.—
Etan Vlessing,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
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The Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth of tyrants, back-to-back.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Because China is Russia’s most important partner, any gains that Putin can salvage from his disastrous war forwards the two dictators’ global agenda.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Presidents of the United States, and leaders of other democracies, have to deal with dictators.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
19 Feb. 2025
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Gabriela Vatu,
PCMAG,
15 Feb. 2025
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By the finale, his effort to lead a rebellion against the game's overlords was thwarted, leaving his fate unclear and ending the season on a massive cliffhanger.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
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Captured as a child and separated from her family, Furiosa becomes embroiled in a battle between two warlords: the brutal rebellion of Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and the rising power of Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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He’s easily overshadowed by Ottoman warlord Dominic Monaghan, who sports eyeliner as ostentatious as his attempt at a Turkish accent.—
Celia Mattison,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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His pain pours out, like a long cry from Syria’s dungeons, a cry that was silenced during more than half a century of rule by brutal despots, Bashar al-Assad, and his father, Hafez, before him.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2025
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The rationale for the legislation is that Congress doesn’t want despots in North Korea or Russia or Iran or China to have reams of private and personal information on half of the country.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2025
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Known for his admiration of authoritarian strongmen, a one-on-one summit with Putin would play into Trump’s image of world leadership.—
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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Trump inaugural invites:Trump loves populists and strongmen.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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Ridicule only appeals to cool kids on coasts and the college towns and totalitarians.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orange County Register,
17 Oct. 2020
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Under the unconditional patronage of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kadyrov rules his republic as a totalitarian, and has done so since taking power in May 2004, after his father, then President Akhmad Kadyrov, was assassinated.—
Layla Taimienova,
Foreign Affairs,
10 May 2017
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“Autarch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/autarch. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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