Some Western leaders envy dictators’ powers. President Donald Trump said, when North Korea’s Kim Jong-un speaks, “his people sit up at attention. I want my people to do the same.” President Barack ...

Vice President Kamala Harris said Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump "wants to be an autocrat" as she accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in Chicago. Trump "admires dictators, ...

History remembers its dictators as towering figures of menace. They commanded armies, silenced dissent, and ruled entire populations through terror. The public image was always the same: cold, ...

In his United Nations General Assembly address on Tuesday, President Joe Biden touted the positive possibilities that stand to be unlocked as artificial intelligence tools are improved. But he also ...

Hollywood is always looking for interesting characters to have at the center of their movies. Now if there’s one job where ...

Almost exactly a century ago, Benito Mussolini seized power in Italy and Joseph Stalin took control of the Soviet Union. These events marked the origins of fascist and communist totalitarianism, which ...

When we think of dictators, often the image that comes to mind is of a lone strongman, whose main concern is holding power within his own borders. But Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anne Applebaum ...

How do dictators manage for decades to control 1.4 billion (China) or 146 million (Russia) people and on down to other smaller totalitarian regimes? Answer: one power hungry man at the top. Political ...