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Joe Wright

Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University and currently serve as the co-Director of the Global and International Studies (GLIS) program.

University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.

Joe Wright

What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries

Trump 2.0

What happens when leaders have loyalists in charge of men with guns: Lessons for the US from Nicaragua, Syria and other authoritarian countries

— Donald Trump’s Pentagon purge and appointment of loyalists to security agencies raise concerns about personalising U.S. security forces — echoing strongman tactics worldwide, potentially undermining democracy, and entrenching power through repression.

By Joe Wright, John Joseph Chin

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