Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 63 autocrats 58 popular uprisings 58 Arab regimes 57 authoritarian regimes 56 rulers 53 uprisings 53 dictators 51 revolts 51 despots 50 autocracy 49 dictatorships 48 autocratic 48 regimes 48 Hosni Mubarak 48 authoritarian 48 autocratic rule 46 authoritarian rule 46 ruler 46 despot 46 autocrat 45 President Hosni Mubarak 45 dictator 45 authoritarian regime 45 repressive regimes 45 strongmen 45 reformists 44 democratic reforms 44 despotic 44 Mubarak 44 mullahs 44 reformers 43 Islamists 43 tyrants 43 Islamic fundamentalists 42 hegemony 42 Khomeini 42 Ben Ali 42 revolutions 42 Assad 42 pro democracy 41 despotism 41 elites 41 supreme leader 41 repressive 41 democracy 41 regime 41 Khamenei 41 hegemonic 40 Bashar Assad 40 Ayatollah Khamenei 40 Karimov 40 Islamism 40 democratization 40 uprising 40 Supreme Leader 40 Tandja 40 revolutionaries 40 overthrown 40 theocracy 39 al Assad 39 authoritarianism 39 Akayev 39 imperialism 39 Arab 39 hardliners 39 rebellions 39 democratic 39 Musharraf 39 President Bashar Assad 38 Muslim Brotherhood 38 Rafsanjani 38 intellectuals 38 upheavals 38 hard liners 38 neocons 38 tyrant 38 Islamic fundamentalism 38 oppressed 38 Arabs 38 President Pervez Musharraf 38 President Bashar 37 dictatorship 37 neoconservatives 37 Ali Abdullah Saleh 37 communism 37 bloodless coup 37 Syrians 37 imperialists 37 fundamentalists 37 Lukashenko 37 democratically elected 37 Iranians 37 democracies 37 allies 37 President Zine El 37 unilateralism 37 Shi'ites 37 revolt 37 radical Islamists 37 overthrow 37 feudal