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But that same aid can also enable repression and entrench nondemocratic rule.
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Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2024
Despite the provocative title, the work is a strong defense of liberalism, arguing that some forms of nondemocratic rule, such as a meritocracy based on Confucian values, could better preserve liberal values than democracy can.
—Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Among other things, Saudi officials want a NATO-level alliance with the United States in which an attack on one is an attack on all, long a taboo among US policymakers who do not want to be committed to coming to the defense of a nondemocratic monarchy in case of war.
—Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
Among other things, Saudi officials want a NATO-level alliance with the United States in which an attack on one is an attack on all, long a taboo among American policymakers who do not want to be committed to coming to the defense of a nondemocratic monarchy in case of war.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 29 July 2023
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Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2024
Despite the provocative title, the work is a strong defense of liberalism, arguing that some forms of nondemocratic rule, such as a meritocracy based on Confucian values, could better preserve liberal values than democracy can.
—Rana Mitter, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Among other things, Saudi officials want a NATO-level alliance with the United States in which an attack on one is an attack on all, long a taboo among US policymakers who do not want to be committed to coming to the defense of a nondemocratic monarchy in case of war.
—Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
Among other things, Saudi officials want a NATO-level alliance with the United States in which an attack on one is an attack on all, long a taboo among American policymakers who do not want to be committed to coming to the defense of a nondemocratic monarchy in case of war.
—Ronen Bergman, New York Times, 29 July 2023
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“Nondemocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nondemocratic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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