Why it’s good for dictators to have dictator friends September 15, 2016 More than 8 years ago Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the ...

Simple History. Good Things Evil Dictators Did. Posted: January 15, 2025 | Last updated: January 15, 2025. Believe it or not, dictators weren’t all bad all the time… just 99% of it.

In a speech to the Economic Club in New York on Tuesday, President Donald Trump said dictators should feel free to "come on in" to the country because it's good for the US to host them.Trump was ...

Turkey's 'Good Dictator' Prime Minister Erdogan has been an economic modernizer, but he's never been comfortable with criticism or shared power. By . Matthew Kaminski. Share. Resize. Istanbul.

President Trump on Tuesday said he’s willing to meet with any foreign leader, including dictators, if doing so would be useful for the United States. “When I meet with the leaders of countries ...

Why Protests Can Be Good for Dictators. ... Obviously, this didn’t last forever, but 30 years is a pretty good run for an autocrat. I wonder also if there’s a geographic component here.

Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg said during an interview at a Cartier-sponsored event this week Russia took Facebook down because it poses a threat. "Social media is bad for dictators, that's why Putin ...

To Save Democracy, We Need a Few Good Dictators. Biden is wrong: People in developing nations want stability, efficient government and personal freedoms more than the right to vote every few years.

6) Emperor Palpatine in the "Star Wars" trilogy (1977-1983) - Sure, Darth Vader is the villain that everyone remembers from the Galactic Empire, but he goes soft in the final minutes of the trilogy.

By Robert D. Kaplan, Chief Geopolitical Analyst at Stratfor Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, Germany, ca. June 1940 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) What is a dictator, or an authoritarian?