Sentence examples for autocracy from inspiring English sources

"So when Sisi stepped forward and did what he did, it was seen as a heroic act, taking a last-step measure to save the country from an ailing economy and a religious autocracy".

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As you doubtless know, this was once a one-party state, an autocracy ruled by Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop, less a website than a peek into a bizarro alternate universe, where the "inner aspect" is "nourished", children willingly eat flax oil for breakfast, and "bath salts for inner peace" can be had for a mere $78 £488) a packet.

The mix of nationalism, autocracy, and anti-western ideology he says is necessary to equip Hungary for the rigours of global competition recalls that of his model and political ally, Vladimir Putin.

The Arab awakening, always a better description, has forced the Arab world to change, mainly for the better, despite the massive recent disappointments of Syria and Egypt, uncertainties elsewhere and continuing autocracy in the Gulf.

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The text was hurriedly approved in December by an assembly at which the opposition was not present, but it must still be approved in a separate referendum.The opposition, which has its base in Bolivia's more prosperous, gas-rich eastern lowlands, fears that Mr Morales wants to introduce a Venezuelan-style socialist autocracy.

Qatar remains an undiluted autocracy, but the precedent of a highly popular ruler resigning at the height of his powers is significant nonetheless.

"[Korean autocracy] has little to do with Confucianism; it's just a plain bad habit," scoffs Cho Soon, who is an opposition member of parliament as well as a classical scholar, a former governor of the central bank and former mayor of Seoul.

Moreover, a pluralistic, pro-western Iraq, should such a utopia ever come into being, would prove a challenge not just to Saudi autocracy but also to the kingdom's dominant strategic position.Given that nothing would make the Al Sauds more popular at home than to expel the 5,000 American troops already there, why don't they do so?

Yet American mythology about 1776 portrays Britain as a cross between a Renaissance autocracy and Nazi Germany, rather than as the country that bestowed upon America the legacies of personal freedom, the rule of law and capitalism.Andrew PorterWirral, MerseysideBrainiacsSIR – Your survey of the brain captured the complexities of current thinking about consciousness (December 23rd).