A new history and a memoir by the former King of Spain offer clues as to how a dictator with few qualities was able to remain ...

Only the American people can stop Donald Trump from using these tools to ignore the next election results he doesn’t like.

The Dictator is an outrageous comedy that exposes the absurdity of dictatorship while sneaking in some surprisingly insightful commentary. So, if you’re looking for a laugh-out-loud experience that’ll ...

The generalissimo died 50 years ago. A historian argues that he gets a bum rap in Spain.

Silver screen gun-slinger John Wayne reportedly hated communism so much that he was the target of an assassination plot ...

Professor and authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about dictators and fascism. Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to ...

Anna Faris is currently in negotiations to co-star in Sacha Baron Cohen's semi-improvised, semi-political comedy The Dictator. The film, which may or may not be inspired by Charlie Chaplin's The Great ...

Nostalgia is rising in Congo for Mobutu Sese Seko — the kleptocratic strongman as a new museum exhibit glorifying him draws ...

In a leaked phone call, Steve Witkoff made peace in Ukraine sound simple. But anything that looks acceptable to Putin carries ...

The journalists cited two sources familiar with the circumstances of Kozak’s departure. Before his resignation, Kozak submitted a formal request to leave his post “of his own volition,” and also wrote ...