{"id":13049,"date":"2015-09-17T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T13:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=13049"},"modified":"2015-09-17T08:10:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T12:10:10","slug":"when-a-dictator-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2015\/when-a-dictator-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"When A Dictator Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/091715_1207_WhenADictat1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Andrea Kendall-Taylor, and Erica Frantz wrote about what happens when a dictator dies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many are hopeful that when Robert Mugabe, the 91 year old dictator of Zimbabwe, and Nursultan Nazarbayev, his 75 year old Kazakh counterpart pass away, democracy will finally have a chance to flourish in the countries.<\/li>\n<li>Others feel that the passing of old dictators could throw a country into chaos as rival factions compete for power.<\/li>\n<li>Evidence indicates that both are incorrect. Usually after a dictator passes, the status quo just sort of continues. This happened after Ch\u00e1vez&#8217;s, passing in Venezuela, and Kim Jong Il&#8217;s death in North Korea.<\/li>\n<li>One reason is that while a dictator may get all the attention, in reality they rule with a wider government that ensures continuity after the head dies.<\/li>\n<li>This is what happened to Syria&#8217;s President, Bashar al-Assad. He took over when his father passed away, and tried to liberalize the country. However figures from his father&#8217;s regime thwarted him.<\/li>\n<li>Another reason is the strength of succession plans. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are strong monarchies and nobody expects there to be uprisings after their aged leaders pass away.<\/li>\n<li>Leaders who have the luxury of being able to die in office must have been particularly adept at crushing opposition, eliminating dissent, and corrupting institutions over the decades.<\/li>\n<li>Therefore the very things that allow a dictator to die in office also ensures that the dictator&#8217;s legacy lives on.<\/li>\n<li>That&#8217;s not to say there&#8217;s no hope for regime change. Evidence indicates that coups, elections, and term limits are effective ways to end dictatorships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full article provides many more details, and explores other fascinating tangents. You should read it <a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2015\/09\/10\/when-dictators-die\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2015\/09\/10\/when-dictators-die\/\">Foreign Policy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrea Kendall-Taylor, and Erica Frantz wrote about what happens when a dictator dies: Many are hopeful that when Robert Mugabe, the 91 year old dictator of Zimbabwe, and Nursultan Nazarbayev, his 75 year old Kazakh counterpart pass away, democracy will finally have a chance to flourish in the countries. Others feel that the passing of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/091715_1207_WhenADictat1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13051,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13049\/revisions\/13051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}