The victory transformed Nepal from a monarchy to a republic after 239 years of autocratic rule.
Contrast that with China, where the government is far more autocratic, and controlling or so we perceive.
Some had participated in the massive Arab Spring demonstrations that challenged decades of autocratic rule.
But such a strategy, while it weakened potential challengers to autocratic government, was fatally counterproductive.
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Fifty-seven percent of the world's population still lives under some sort of autocratic regime.
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Lanni sets a different tone than autocratic Vegas moguls like Steve Wynn and Sheldon Adelson.
Although the demonstrators made no political demands, China's autocratic rulers were shaken to the core.
Now, as McFaul and Stoner-Weiss argue, Russia grew substantially more autocratic as time went on.
It has long been known that autocratic systems have certain advantages over democratic ones.
Past economic cycles have been predicated on either isolated, autocratic vision or collaborative cohesion and innovation.
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It is not a conventional autocratic junta that simply feeds off the local economy.
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The president veers between social democracy and a more autocratic, radical brand of leftism.
The reforms are expected to finally dissociate EU-aspiring Turkey from the remnants of autocratic rule.
They argue that the job of a free press includes helping to overthrow autocratic regimes.
But, Kagan argues, autocratic powers like China and Russia have no love for those institutions, either.
Mr Fujimori's autocratic regime has decisive influence over what is broadcast by all free television stations.
Middle-of-the-road, middle-class Spaniards are still put off by a whiff of autocratic intolerance in his party.
And after a decade of autocratic rule, the new government will face many demands for change.
In power, their rulers were as autocratic and unprincipled as General Musharraf, and more vindictive.
Their relationship has been like an autocratic leader's to a wise fool, licensed to speak the truth.
It would also be great if autocratic governments were punished with plunging birth rates and skyrocketing mortality.
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The question for the United States and other democracies is how to keep autocratic powers safely contained.
What ideology it inherited Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People envisaged democracy after a period of autocratic rule.
These Buddhist warriors struggle to maintain their religious convictions of compassion and nonviolence while challenging powerful autocratic regimes.
Tension has been growing between hardline Islamists and secularists since the overthrow of President Ben Ali's autocratic rule.
Corruption, plus powerful, autocratic and largely unaccountable government bureaucracies, have stymied a long-needed overhaul of the banking system.
Fears of Russian influence must not be allowed to dictate a soft response to Mr Yanukovych's autocratic ways.
The position of chairman, however, did not imbue Boyah with the autocratic powers of a traditional gang leader.
The president failed to consult with other political forces, acting in an autocratic manner reminiscent of his predecessor.
Mr Putin's centralisation of power has made Russia more autocratic but it has not made it better governed.
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