ICT encourages remaining dictators to push democratic reforms
"If Assad looks down on the roofs of Damascus or Aleppo, he will see all the satellite dishes capturing pictures of people taking to the streets of Cairo and Alexandria and calling for freedom. Assad is smart enough to push forward the reforms that he has already started in a very practical way."
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Technology: Oppressor or liberator? »Technology: Oppressor or liberator?
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ICT's capacity to spread democracy? »ICT's capacity to spread democracy?
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ICT strengthens democratic movements »ICT strengthens democratic movements
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ICT encourages remaining dictators to push democratic reforms
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An iron fist is not necessarily the best option to stay in power »An iron fist is not necessarily the best option to stay in power
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Authoritarian regimes make choices based on cost-benefit analysis  »Authoritarian regimes make choices based on cost-benefit analysis
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Better education and communication increase the cost of repression »Better education and communication increase the cost of repression
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Opening up internet access is in all countries’ best interests »Opening up internet access is in all countries’ best interests
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