External patrons can determine whether local regimes survive popular uprisings by providing or withholding coercive support. The article suggests Trump’s disruption has reduced America’s ability or inclination to underwrite allied elites’ control, changing Europe’s internal stability calculus.
— It links great‑power politics to domestic regime durability, guiding how analysts interpret allied governments’ responses to unrest.
Philip Cunliffe
2025.09.05
55% relevant
The article notes the European Union has 'helped prop up regional strong-men including Serbia’s Aleksandar Vučić,' prioritizing stability over democratic fluctuations—an example of an external patron shaping a regime’s durability even without overt coercion.
Charles Haywood
2025.08.18
100% relevant
The author says USSR’s 1989 restraint toppled Eastern regimes and that today the U.S. 'Regime' no longer reliably enforces conformity in the U.K.
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