Tag: Dictators
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Spain’s King Juan Carlos gives up the throne
At the start of his reign he played a crucial part in the transition from dictatorship to democracy. Now he is abdicating in favour of his son. But does Spain need a monarchy at all?
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Korean dictator targets uncle in public purge
A North Korean politician who has stood at the side of the country’s tyrants for forty years has been denounced for ‘dreaming different dreams’. What does this reveal about the hermit state?
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Commonwealth shocked by Gambia’s abrupt exit
On Wednesday, the Commonwealth of Nations had 54 members. Today, after a tiny African nation announced its withdrawal, it is down to 53. Is this really a blow to the forces of imperialism?
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Syria deal returns Russia to global centre stage
Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad has agreed to surrender his chemical arsenal, in a deal brokered by the US and Russia. But has America surrendered international supremacy in return?
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Great powers lock horns over Syrian civil war
World leaders are meeting for crisis talks as the USA holds course for a missile strike that could bring it into confrontation with Cold War rival Russia. How scared should we be?
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Syria waits for America’s decision on air attack
Barack Obama is waiting for a vote to approve missile strikes against Syria’s President Assad. The UK’s MPs refused to back the plan. Should leaders or parliaments decide on military action?
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Study reveals shame of Hitler’s tame philosophers
Adolf Hitler called himself the ‘Philosopher Fuhrer’ and was backed by some of the greatest minds of the 20th Century. How did supposedly wise thinkers fall under the dictator’s evil spell?
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‘Monster of Syria’ Assad shows his human face
As violence in Syria worsens and Western leaders talk of arming the rebels, President Assad has given a rare interview to The Sunday Times. The murderous dictator is a surprisingly mild man.
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‘Silenced voices’ live on in Holocaust survivors
Yesterday was Holocaust Memorial Day. Yet every year, fewer and fewer people survive who remember the atrocities of World War Two. Here, we recount the story of one of them.
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Building bridges on Holocaust Memorial Day
On January 27th, millions will remember the Holocaust, and the creeping persecution that paved the way to Auschwitz. Is there a link between modern prejudice and mass murder?
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Fifty years from missile crisis, Cuba lowers guard
In October 1962, Cuba nearly found itself at the centre of World War III. Fifty years later, one of the last remaining communist regimes shows signs of opening up to the outside world.
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International limelight for war crimes defendant
As he begins a two-year defence against war crimes charges in The Hague’s international court, former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić has a platform for his flamboyant defiance.
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‘Unfair’ election boosts Europe’s last dictator
Belarus, a lone authoritarian state in a sea of democracy, has voted in a new parliament. But with the results predetermined, opposition recommended that voters stay home and make soup.
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Comedy ‘dictator’ crashes Cannes on a camel
Sacha Baron Cohen has a talent for causing a stir. Now, the comic actor has stolen the show at Cannes Film Festival in the character of ridiculous dictator ‘Admiral General Aladeen.’
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Hacked emails reveal life of luxury as Syria burns
A cache of emails supposedly stolen from Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad was made public yesterday. While Syrians were being tortured and killed in the street, Assad was online shopping.