authoritarian

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Historian and authoritarian expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat described ritual humiliation as one of the autocrat’s favorite weapons.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

“It also ignores the resilience of entrenched authoritarian systems like the Islamic Republic.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

At military parades of authoritarian regimes, it’s not often a girl takes center stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

“Defiance” offers a prism on Syria’s authoritarian society before the 2011 uprising and subsequent civil war, and vivid snapshots of the devastation that the war unleashed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Early farming villages worldwide were much less authoritarian places than later societies.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann