”The point is to get people in those contries to overthrow their leadership.” Very easy to say. Quite hard to pull off. People in authoritarian countries have

”The point is to get people in those contries to overthrow their leadership.” Very easy to say. Quite hard to pull off. People in authoritarian countries have very little leverage and would like just to live fullfilling lives. I’m not saying ”don’t do sanctions” but this mechanistic outcome is highly improbable. ”perception of the ruling party can never be separated from the perception of the people.” Um - the most polite way of stating this is that this view of how political systems work is highly delusional at best. Ruling party depends on _elite_ _compliance_.