For strongmen, the tool has the merit of debilitating targets at zero notice, without being as visible as imprisonment. A victim in Egypt says that even his friends forget he has not had access to ...

From Malaysia to South Africa, strongmen have eventually been felled by popular revulsion at the scale of their corruption. These similarities hold some lessons.

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What’s more, strongmen - and they are almost all men - are more prone to getting into fights because national virility is part of their image.

Bannon might give an additional thumbs-up to Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, an incisive survey of authoritarian leaders across the decades, and one that brings Trump into ...

For years, strongmen and autocrats had a novel weapon in their hunt for political enemies. They used Interpol, the world’s largest police organization, to reach across borders and grab them ...

All while maintaining and growing his wealth. He admired other oligarchs who were strongmen, such as Vladimir Putin. But, as shown in column two, 32% of the cases involve oligarchs who are NOT ...

Trump loves populists and strongmen. Here's who he's invited to the inauguration By inviting foreign leaders like former Brazilian president Bolsonaro to his swearing-in, Trump is breaking another ...

Strongmen's larger bellies are not a negative thing whatsoever and are an important part of why they are so strong. Despite the perception of a larger midriff meaning someone is in bad health ...