Word: authoritarians
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...freed of the scourge of Islamist terrorism, that solution may not suffice - because unlike the state-sponsored terrorism of the 1970s and '80s, which came out of rogue nations like Libya and Syria, many of the terrorist groups Bin Laden has brought together first emerged under authoritarian regimes backed by the West...
...Egyptian Islamic Jihad and Algeria's Armed Islamic Group, which appear to have provided a number of key operatives for Bin Laden's networks, both emerged in situations where democratic channels were closed to Islamists and other opposition groups. In the case of Pakistan, the authoritarian regime of the late General Zia ul-Haq actually encouraged the emergence of Islamist groups as a bulwark against domestic leftists and a vanguard to fight the Soviets in neighboring Afghanistan. Now, some of those same Islamists may be coming back to haunt the current military government...
...against an otherworldly terrain of rubble and soot, a pedestrian-cluttered Wall Street seemed more like the hub of an authoritarian state than the financial capital of the world...
...when the South Korean leader visited Washington earlier this year. But many Koreans think Kim has brought his troubles on himself. Traits that helped him survive when he was fighting Korea's military governments--unshakable self-confidence, an unwillingness to compromise--have turned into liabilities. Even supporters say his authoritarian style has contributed to his problems. Kim did not try hard enough to sell his North Korea policy and never sat down with Lee Hoi Chang, the leader of the main opposition party...
...blame for their woes on the man who once stood as a national symbol of hope. Traits that helped him survive as a dissident fighting Korea's military dictatorships?unshakable self-confidence, an unwilling-ness to compromise, a fiery independent streak?have turned into liabilities. Even supporters say his authoritarian style and inability to listen have contributed to a political crisis that culminated in last week's train wreck. Sohn Ho Cheol, a former student activist and expert on Korean politics at Sogang University, says he was once jailed for helping Kim. Today he is disillusioned with what he calls...