The phrase "authoritarian republic" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a political system where a republic exists but is characterized by authoritarian governance, limiting individual freedoms and political pluralism.
Example: "The country has been classified as an authoritarian republic, where the government exercises strict control over political activities and civil liberties."
Alternatives: "dictatorial republic" or "oppressive republic".
Romantic authors, on the other hand, felt that the ideal state should not have to involve coercion at all, and hence also that the cosmopolitan ideal should be that of a world-wide republic of 'fraternal' non-authoritarian republics (the young Friedrich Schlegel).
These rankings do not indicate that monarchies are less authoritarian than republics in the Arab world, but they do appear to indicate that rising aspirations for freedom in the region have generally been met by a rise in repression.
A year ago, she said, she would have called Iran's Islamic Republic authoritarian.
Such attacks are not uncommon in Kazakhstan, an authoritarian former Soviet republic where journalists critical of the government are rarely tolerated.
MOSCOW — Human Rights Watch announced on Tuesday that the government of Uzbekistan had decided to expel its employees from the country, a move the group said indicated a "deepening human rights crisis" in the authoritarian former Soviet republic.
His decision to flee, leaving behind his wife and two young daughters, underscored the pervasive uncertainty and fear among Belarus's opposition in the face of a continuing crackdown by the security service, still called the K.G.B. in the authoritarian former Soviet republic.
MINSK, Belarus — Ever since riot police officers crushed a large protest against apparent fraud in presidential elections here last month, the security services — still called the K.G.B. in this authoritarian former Soviet republic — have been rounding up people across the country for even the most tangential affiliation with the opposition.
NATO has partners: Pakistan, with whom it has strained relations, and the three authoritarian Central Asian republics of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
His Eurasian Economic Union is intended to be a group of authoritarian former Soviet republics that reject Western liberalism.Two have already signed up, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
