Sentences with phrase «while autocratic regimes»

This may be due to the widespread implicit assumption that Western states prefer progressive, liberal norms while autocratic regimes prefer sovereignty (and the freedom to engage in illiberal practices).

Not exact matches

But not everything is lost as Thomas Risse - Kappen (1995) argues, «while democracies do not seem to be inherently more peaceful than autocratic regimes, there is nevertheless an island of peace in an ocean of conflict and wars».