What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries
Syria did not have free and fair elections under the Assads, and ruling party elites could not check the leader’s power. When citizens mobilized peacefully in 2011 to oust the Assad regime, loyal ...
Senior Islamic State Leader Killed in Joint Iraqi-U.S. Operation, Iraq Says
The killing comes as the group has been reconstituting in Syria, carrying out more attacks than at any time since it lost ...
US officials say senior al-Qaeda affiliate leader killed in Syrian strike
A U.S. airstrike killed a senior al-Qaeda-affiliated leader in Northwest Syria last month, according to U.S. officials. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Saturday that its forces ...
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China sticks to an economic growth target of ‘around 5%' despite a looming trade war with US
Chinese paramilitary policemen stand guard below a giant portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong hung on Tiananmen Gate in ...
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What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries
Sometimes this process entails recruiting personnel from the leader’s party or allied ethnic, tribal or extremist groups. It may even include creating a paramilitary ... Will the US$50 billion ...