autocracy

No. Autocracies , mainly in East Asia, may seem to have made their countries prosperous.

She did persuade herself that there were no autocracies save that of Prussia.

Yet the Middle East is an outlier: in spite of a fall in their number, it is now the only region in which autocracies outnumber democracies.

Whether on average democracies are more conducive than autocracies to economic growth is far from well established.

In the long term aren't autocracies much more risky for investors than democracies?

Obviously not the preferences or stability of most people living under those autocracies.

But Beijing is confronted by a dilemma not normally associated with one-party autocracies.

The removal of repressive autocracies, it says, should be achieved by negotiation, not by the bullet.

Mr McCain highlights his tough stance on Russia and autocracies around the world.

Autocracies, which are much praised for their decisiveness , and for guaranteeing "law and order" , are paper tigers.

If autocracies have their own set of beliefs, they also have their own set of interests.

Autocracies can function perfectly well without news, but democracies cannot.

Other examples of growing freedoms under autocracies include Taiwan, South Korea, and Chile.

But there is no evidence that autocracies, on average, grow faster than democracies.

Thus Russia and China could form an axis of autocracies, united by their dislike of political liberalism.

In addition, their very lack of legitimacy may tempt autocracies to bribe influential sections of the electorate.

Nor does this simply reflect suspicion of sovereign wealth funds from oil-rich autocracies.

The most damning criticism of McCain's plan is that it would launch a new Cold War between states labelled democracies and autocracies.

The autocracies of Russia and China have figured out how to permit open economic activity while suppressing political activity.

that, alone in the world, the Middle East's choice is between autocracies and Islamist extremism.

Unfortunately for China, Russia, and other autocracies , this is one area where there is no great transatlantic divide.

It is dangerous, not least, because the so-called new autocracies pose no existential threat and offer no compelling new ideology.

I am convinced as more dictatorships and other autocracies become more capitalist they will become more democratic.

Usually, democracies are better at dealing with financial crises than autocracies because they are seen as fair.

But, as in all autocracies, they are acutely nervous about the future.