Word: authoritarianism
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...political hostilities that have long festered in many republics beneath a veil of repression, it was inevitable that the breakup of the Soviet Union would quickly unleash unsavory nationalistic forces. Of the many republic presidents now grappling with restive populations, Gamsakhurdia has been among the quickest to resort to authoritarian tactics. On Sept. 2 his interior-ministry troops fired on anti-Gamsakhurdia protesters. The next week Gamsakhurdia jammed all Soviet and Russian broadcasts to the republic. Last week, as some 30 opposition groups brought more than 20,000 people into the streets, police arrested three opposition leaders after their Moscow...
...that in Perm there are no electronic voting machines. Radical reformers, in fact, want Yeltsin to expand presidential control over regional executive bodies and appoint his own administrative representative in Perm to see that reforms are carried out. Contends local political columnist Vladimir Vinichenko: "We must use some authoritarian methods to ensure the victory of democracy...
...Russians had a reputation, even among themselves, for being passive, obedient, politically "uncultured." A similar image, tinged with racism, persists about the mysterious East: hordes of little yellow people waving little red books. But the miraculous spring of 1989 in China was as much a refutation of the authoritarian stereotype as was the second Russian Revolution two weeks ago. China's democracy movement yielded to the tanks on Tiananmen Square, but many of its leaders -- and, more important, its followers -- will be back. Any form of government that can survive only as long as the authorities are willing to slaughter...
...cartel's steady growth. Cali's leaders have carefully compartmentalized their organization, so that individual losses do not threaten to bring down the whole enterprise. The Cali management style is cerebral, calculating and guileful. In the tradition of the great Mediterranean trading dynasties, the major families have a patriarchal, authoritarian structure that demands absolute discipline and loyalty yet encourages creativity...
...months ahead, the Kremlin is more likely to succeed with provocations and splitting tactics in Georgia. Gamsakhurdia has wasted no time in curbing the press and making it a criminal offense to insult him or his office. If he continues to personify the violent, authoritarian and repressive streak in Georgian nationalism, he may get the civil war he predicted -- inside Georgia itself...