Nov 9, 2023
Review of Rory Carroll's "Comandante"
[previously in series: Erdogan, Modi, Orban, Xi, Putin]
I.
All dictators get their start by discovering some loophole in the democratic process. Xi realized that control of corruption investigations let him imprison anyone he wanted. Erdogan realized that EU accession talks provided the perfect cover to retool Turkish institutions in his own image.