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Autocracy
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AUTOCRACY. The name of a government where the monarch is unlimited by law. Such is the power of the emperor of Russia, who, following the example of his predecessors, calls himself the autocrat of all the Russias.
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It aims primarily to provide a defensive barrier against dependence on autocracies from the Old World.
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Notice that the "moderates" are all Sunni Arab autocracies, who fear not only a nuclear-armed Persian Iran but also an Iranian-led "Shiite crescent" that might dominate the region.
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The likely prospect of a passel of Middle Eastern Sunni autocracies seeking the bomb as a hedge against Tehran and the clear danger to Israel that a nuclear Iran would pose puts the United States in an extraordinary dilemma.
Botching Iran by Benjamin, Daniel / The National Interest
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