The Strongman Era Has Peaked
Business
Not so very long ago, autocratic leaders—aka “strongman” rulers—were enjoying a moment. Leaders such as Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orban, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Xi Jinping, Mohammed bin Salman, and Jair Bolsonaro were rising in prominence and power and envied by ambitious would-be autocrats like U.S. President Donald Trump. Democracy and freedom were in retreat around the world. Even in the United States, the checks and balances enshrined in the Constitution seemed passé, and so-called conservatives
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