Behind every great man is a great woman, as they say. But who stands behind the world's dictators? In good times and in bad, the ladies of the Dictators' Wives Club sure put up with a lot ...

So just how do dictators and authoritarians stay in power ... population's ability to mobilise against the government. In today's world this often means controlling the internet.

To maintain power, he used fear, intimidation and violence like few other dictators in history, but he made the fatal mistake of believing his regime could take on the world.

Behind every great man is a great woman, as they say. But who stands behind the world's dictators? In good times and in bad, the ladies of the Dictators' Wives Club sure put up with a lot ...

Their current dictator is the younger Castro brother ... and that gang quickly turned the island into something all too familiar in the world: a one-party dictatorship with a gulag.

While there are a combination of factors that give rise to such a political situation, it is a widely held belief that dictators, in particular the very cruel ones, are different from regular ...

Former President Donald Trump has ignited a storm of backlash on social media, being labelled a dictator by some, after urging his followers with the words "you don't have to vote again." ...

CNN presidential historian Timothy Naftali suggested President Trump succeeded in being a "dictator on day one ... "That is a signal to the far-right in the world that America is now going ...

After campaigning on a plan of putting America first and disentangling the country from the rest of the world, he did an about ... Trump clearly admires dictators. In addition to his bromance ...

To maintain power, he used fear, intimidation and violence like few other dictators in history, but he made the fatal mistake of believing his regime could take on the world. Like many dictators ...