Word: authoritarianism
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...Putin's combination of authoritarian political instincts and market-friendly economic policies make him a political creature quite familiar in countries at Russia's level on the economic ladder - the authoritarian modernizer. Combined with his clampdown on political and media freedom and his ruthless war in Chechnya, Putin has delivered a solid economic performance that has seen investors turning bullish on a Russian economy that grew by 7.3 percent last year. Buoyed by high oil and natural gas prices, Russia's economy looks positively rosy right now compared to Yeltsin's final years. And Putin's brusque, businesslike and sometimes...
...Padgett: There are two main political opposition groups. The Democratic Convergence is composed mostly of former allies of President Aristide who have become disgusted by what they call his authoritarian, incompetent, even mystical style of governing. This group was particularly outraged at the electoral fraud perpetrated during the parliamentary elections of 2000 - a problem Aristide has been dragging his feet over addressing. The second grouping, which calls itself the Group of 184, represents more of Haiti's business community who are also fed up with the situation under Aristide. Both groups say they're not aligned with the armed rebels...
...account, there was a "spirited" exchange in which Powell praised U.S.-Russian relations but dwelt in unusual detail on the Kremlin's dark side, warning that relations with the U.S. would ultimately be damaged if Russia failed to address concerns about its apparent slide toward authoritarianism. And in an op-ed in the Russian daily Izvestia, Powell wrote that "certain developments in Russian politics and foreign policy in recent months have given us pause." If Powell was signaling a new, tougher White House policy, it has been a long time in the making. A senior U.S. official told journalists that...
...assassination attempts underscored just how fragile Musharraf's authoritarian government is as he tries to steer a moderate course for Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation seething with militant Islamic fundamentalists. After the 9/11 attacks, Musharraf quickly aligned himself with U.S. President George W. Bush, helping rout the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Months later, when conflict with India loomed, he succumbed to U.S. pressure to stop sending insurgents into the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir, easing the threat of war in the disputed territory. Washington praised his promises to replace one-man rule in Pakistan with a more democratic...
Shortly after the fall of Indonesia's authoritarian Suharto government in 1998, the country's remote, resource-rich Papua province seemed on the verge of gaining autonomy from Jakarta. But two ominous developments last week indicate that the resurgent Indonesian military may be about to bring the boot down hard on Papua's separatists, just as it did earlier this year in Aceh province. First came the appointment of Timbul Silaen as Papua's new police chief-the same job he held in Dili during East Timor's 1999 bloody independence drive. Silaen is still wanted by Dili prosecutors...