Can dictatorships be a good form of government? The good autocrat / Robert D. Kaplan ; All dictatorships are evil ; Sergiu Vidican ; Lessons from Libya : who defines a dictator? / Sishuwa Sishuwa ; Dictatorships often survive with local support / Bill Snyder -- Are select dictatorships becoming democracies? Myanmar has begun to democratize / Pauline H. Baker ; Despite elections, Myanmar remains a dictatorship / David I. Steinberg ; Watching Titanic in Pyongyang / Geoffrey Cain ; North Korea's dictatorship will endure / John Fraser ; Fidel's children / Joseph Contreras ; Dictatorship in Cuba will continue / The Economist -- Are select democracies becoming dictatorships? Chávez : from hero to tyrant / Alice O'Keeffe ; Hugo Chávez is not changing Venezuela into a dictatorship / Bhaskar Sunkara ; Democracies in Africa are becoming dictatorships / Jerome Y. Bachelard and Richard R. Marcus ; Economic freedom : country studies-- Kenya / Democracy Web -- What does the future hold for Middle Eastern governments? The Arab Spring will lead to the fall of dictatorships across the Middle East / Shankar Kumar ; The Arab Spring will not lead to the fall of dictatorships across the Middle East ; Laurel E. Miller, Jeffrey Martini, F. Stephen Larrabee, Angel Rabasa, Stephanie Pezard, Julie E. Taylor, Tewodaj Mengistu ; America's unsavory allies / Uri Friedman ; Think again : dictators / Graeme Robertson ; After the dictators / Sholto Byrnes.