As in Venezuela, North Korea, and Russia, deposed Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad’s regime was such a case, characterized by centralized control, suppression of dissent, and a reliance on a powerful ...

Lukashenko, Europe’s brutal last dictator, has been named 2021’s Person of the Year by the Organized ... Syrian dictator Bashar Hafez al-Assad, Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan, and disgraced ...