Word: authoritarianism
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...Arab street is a key battlefield in the struggle between the U.S. and al-Qaeda, a recent UNDP study of the socio-economic outlook for the Arab world is cause for concern. Arab populations are growing, economies are shrinking, and the authoritarian religious and political culture leaves the citizenry prone to direct its rage towards the West rather than at the leaders who have failed them. That's why, despite the support from Arab regimes and their intelligence services for the U.S. campaign against Bin Laden's network, the Arab world remains fertile ground for recruiting al-Qaeda members...
...better or worse, Asia owes much of its collective face to a handful of authoritarian, single-minded leaders. They were possessed of a clear idea of where they wanted to take their countries?usually to economic nirvana?and of a supreme self-confidence that they knew best how to get there, even if it meant trampling on liberties along the way. As these strongmen saw it, for many Asian states the stakes were simply too high to take a chance on unbridled freedom: potential unrest in China, the specter of communism in Indonesia, the risk of being overshadowed...
...late patriarch of the city's notorious drug cartel (the two shared a love of horses), Mayor Uribe was a noted crime buster there. As governor of northern Antioquia and as a Senator, he built a reputation for fiscal skill and honesty--but also for having a prickly authoritarian streak. Human-rights groups are worried that he will be too soft on the right-wing paramilitary armies, which gained strength and cocaine wealth in Antioquia under his rule. Uribe insists that he has no links to those armies...
...ruling that puts the rule of law and separation of powers at odds with the demand that Arafat crack down on Israel's most wanted highlights the political crisis. Israel and the U.S. want a Palestinian leadership that cracks down on militancy, but doing that will require an authoritarian strongman ready to enforce his will against the tide of Palestinian public opinion. If, as has been widely reported recently, Washington and the Israelis are eyeing Gaza security chief Mohammed Dahlan as a desirable successor to Arafat, it's not because they believe he's a small 'D' democrat...
...There are tensions between journalists and governments all over the world,” he told an audience of students and fellow journalists. “What distinguishes a democracy from an authoritarian regime is how you manage that tension...