Coincidentally, I was just reading this relevant couple of posts when I saw yours: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happens-when-putin-and-khamenei-die https:

Coincidentally, I was just reading this relevant couple of posts when I saw yours: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happens-when-putin-and-khamenei-die https://www.thebulwark.com/p/what-happens-when-putin-and-kha... https://acoup.blog/2021/07/09/fireside-friday-july-9-2021/ https://acoup.blog/2021/07/09/fireside-friday-july-9-2021/ Notice the pre-Ukraine-war dates, especially on the former. Quote from the latter: "The aim of just about every Greek tyrant in the long term was to consolidate power into their family in a durable way, which is to say, convert a tyranny into a kingship. [To a first approximation] they all failed."