Shadi Hamid on Democracy, Liberalism, and the Middle East
Democracy Paradox
Examining the Fallacy of Supporting Strongman Rulers and the Challenges of Replicating the Singaporean Model
This chapter explores the misconception of supporting strongman rulers in building political institutions for democratization, using the example of Lee Kwan Yew in Singapore as a role model and contrasting it with MBS in Saudi Arabia.
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