Maybe "weak" might be better - more about a fear of how others perceive him, than how he himself feels. Not a good look for a dictator with a whole secret servi

Maybe "weak" might be better - more about a fear of how others perceive him, than how he himself feels. Not a good look for a dictator with a whole secret service at your disposal, when you can't even make a single activist quietly disppear into obscurity.