autocrat

The Autocrat of English Usage
September 22, 2025
In 1940, St. Clair McKelway typed a memo to William Shawn, The New Yorker’s managing editor for fact. McKelway was writing a six-part Profile of Walter Winchell for the...
Lukashenko: Belarus’s unpredictable autocrat and Putin sidekick
January 26, 2025
Unpredictable, authoritarian and staunchly pro-Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko casts himself as a plain-spoken strongman and "president of the ordinary people".Described in the West as "Europe's last dictator", the...
Column: Think Donald Trump isn’t really serious about being a dictator? Think again
September 15, 2024
One of the pleasures of last week’s presidential debate was watching Vice President Kamala Harris deftly filet former President Trump over his affinity for dictators such as Russia’s Vladimir...
Trump’s foreign strategy still rests heavily on courting autocrats
August 26, 2024
SAN SALVADOR —  When El Salvador’s autocratic president, Nayib Bukele, celebrated his inauguration this summer, guests of honor included Donald Trump Jr., Tucker Carlson and Rep. Matt Gaetz, the firebrand...