The Dear Leader Is Dead — What’s An Authoritarian Regime To Do When Its Strongman Dies?
Turkimenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov official photo via VOA You’re part of the elite governing an authoritarian regime. The regime’s titular leader is ailing, possibly on death’s door. Who’s going to succeed him is an open question. What’s a regime to do?This question was raised recently when the fate of Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov was shrouded …