and the role of Russian big capital increased considerably. At the same time, however, with the acute weakening of the Russian economy and the catastrophic increase in the foreign debt of the government, the preconditions were established for the future renewal of the expansion of Entente and Ame...
Though the first general democratic election in the country was held in 1948, subsequent periods were punctuated by authoritarian rule and military coups. Since 1987, however, the country has consistently held direct presidential elections. READ MORE South Korea’s high-tech, service-based economy ...
North Korea is one of the world’s most authoritarian regimes, so it’s no surprise that it ranks poorly in terms of both press and digital freedom. The Korean Central News Agency is controlled by the government and is the only permitted source of news in the country. Very few foreign pr...
The Bulletin’s Stop. Look. Listen. miniseries, part two: Why David French is voting Democrat. Being Human Hope in Unexpected Transitions with Brandi Wilson and Lori Wilhite Steve Cuss Two friends speak on holding fast to God and friendships when life is in free fall....
, brazil and bolivia inland. military rule led the nation through its formative years after independence from spain in 1821, traces of which could be found in the authoritarian rule of the transformative 1980s. today, though recovering from human-rights abuses and tensions with radical guerrilla ...
when it comes to women’s rights and listed as the 26th most powerful women in the world. Unfortunately, her tenure as prime minister has been fraught with scandals, authoritarian rule and little regard for the law. However, under her leadership, the country has seen excellent economic growth...
rationalizing all obstacles that may arise and all forces that may contend with the state. The resulting popular support permits the state the widest latitude of action of any form of government. Any dissent is branded evil, and internal political differences are not permitted. Because pursuit of...
the government should immediately take control of all aspects of the economy. Democratic socialism focuses more on providing basic needs to all people, such as health care and education. Democratic socialism, unlike socialism, would achieve this through democratic means and not an authoritarian rule....
Rather than take up arms against the USSR, Romania agreed to turn over border regions, which today make up the country of Moldova, to the USSR. The German-Soviet Split In mid-1940, the USSR, under Stalin, appeared to be in a good place strategically. It had seized control of border ...
Much of the credit for dragging China’s hidden debt into the light goes to Parks, who over the past decade has had to contend with all manner of roadblocks, obfuscations and falsehoods from the authoritarian government. The hunt began in 2011 when a top World Bank ec...