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Or disloyal politicians, bureaucrats, bankers or judges. Out of this divide, a new archetype of leader has emerged. Perhaps the most prominent of these can be found in Russia. After the fall of the Soviet Union fed fears of economic chaos and political impotence, Vladimir Putin answered the call for a restoration of the Russia that had been the center of an empire for three centuries.
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He has promised to wave away Western vultures that would pick Russia clean by making trouble in neighboring states like Ukraine. Putin, a year-old man in a country with a male life expectancy of 64, embodies an image of Russian virility and swagger. Strongmen can also be seen across Asia. In China, memories of Tiananmen traumas and the horror of the Soviet collapse have pushed the Communist Party to keep a tight hold on dissent. In power since , Xi Jinping has used an anticorruption campaign to sideline potential rivals while consolidating power on a historic scale.
And recently, he erased presidential term limits. The era of rule by party consensus is finished, at least for now.
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In the Philippines, a rising tide of violent street crime helped elect Rodrigo Duterte, a former mayor who talked more like a Mob boss than a President, on his promises to wipe out the drug trade with his own brand of justice. Extreme political dysfunction in Thailand allowed the army to seize power in with little public resistance, and despite repeated promises to hold new elections, General Prayuth Chan-ocha remains in charge.
In Latin America, the specter of the caudillo, or military leader, has made a comeback. In Egypt, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, the general whose forces violently quashed protests over the overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi in July , was elected President the following year. Like Putin, he won another landslide victory this spring over handpicked opponents. We see it in the growth of state-sponsored propaganda. We see it in internet fabrications. We see it in the blurring of lines between news and entertainment.
In the digital era, it had been assumed technology would make it easier to hold political leaders to account. But, in some respects, the reverse is proving to be the case, as Ian Bremmer, author of Us vs.
The Failure of Globalism , wrote in a recent contribution to Time. A decade ago, it appeared that a revolution in information and communications technologies would empower the individual at the expense of the state. They saw an opportunity for government to try to become the dominant player in how information is shared and how the state can use data to tighten political control.
Why emulate the US or European political systems, with all the checks and balances that prevent even the most determined leaders from taking on chronic problems, when one determined leader can offer a credible shortcut to greater security and national pride? As long as that rings true, the greatest threat may be the strongmen yet to come. Pets in Victorian paintings — Egham, Surrey.
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The history of pets and family life — Egham, Surrey. Available editions United Kingdom. Tony Walker , La Trobe University. A growing mistrust in democracy is causing extremism and strongman politics to flourish In the Middle East, the Arab Spring has given way to the entrenchment of dictatorships in places like Syria, where Bashar al-Assad has reasserted his grip on power with Russian and Iranian help, and in Egypt, where strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi continues to curtail press freedom and incarcerate political rivals.
The death of truth Genuine liberal democrats are in retreat as a populist tide laps at their doors. Post-truth politics and why the antidote isn't simply 'fact-checking' and truth In Germany, Angela Merkel, the most admirable of Western liberal democratic leaders, is just holding on against anti-immigration forces on the right. In his conclusion, Bremmer has this sobering observation: Later, on the crowded bus out west, Langdon demonstrates a sterling silent comedy bit: With exquisite deadpan, Langdon keeps the incident from being too sad; he deftly, repeatedly, sucker-punches a bully who protests against the smell.
Director Frank Capra's energy and sturdy plot sense counterpoint Langdon's wonderful strangeness. Langdon was hailed as 'the fourth comedy genius.
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