Word: authoritarianism
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...AUTHORITARIAN UPDATE...
...changed at all. It is still the same because even though democracy has been imposed, the people from the authoritarian regime are sharing power with the democrats, overshadowing the democratic forces. But it is a great achievement. There is freedom of expression: I could write my book in Nepal now; I might have personal enemies but not government enemies. The king has [effectively] stepped down... he is a consitutional monarch now. Those are very good changes... but in terms of people's lives, it is the same...
...threaten "freedom." As the defender of freedom, Nelson should have pointed out that in both countries, Islamic fundamentalists came to power legitimately through the democratic process. In Algeria, the military's suppression of democratic electoral results which awarded victory to the Islamic party plunged the country into violence and authoritarian government; curiously, the world, and Eric Nelson, failed to defend this violation of Algeria's "freedom...
...both tragically indicate, the presence of U.S. soldiers incites radical Islamists. Many Arabs who are not extremists are also offended by the American military, which they view as an infidel force occupying Islam's holy land. U.S. troops further provoke internal agitation because they are seen as props for authoritarian and corrupt regimes...
...Thursday the President purged three more hard-liners, including the man closest to him, his drinking buddy and tennis partner Lieut. General Alexander Korzhakov, who served as chief of security. The firings amounted to an almost clean sweep of the so-called Kremlin war party, an inner circle of authoritarian, antireform power brokers. Their departure could lead to a quicker end to the war in Chechnya, which the fired officials had originally urged on Yeltsin, and a return to influence for some key reformers. Last week may have set the country on a new course for the post-Yeltsin...