Timeline for Why do Western democracies maintain excellent diplomatic relations with awful dictatorial governments?
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| Mar 6, 2023 at 8:49 | comment | added | Stuart F | The question is hopelessly broad. There are many possible reasons, from business interests and the pursuit of natural resources to the need to protect citizens abroad, support aid work for the vulnerable, and the desire to promote democracy and social change. Dictatorships are not homogenous - some are rich and powerful, some are attempting to reform, some are near collapse. | |
| Mar 3, 2023 at 23:58 | history | edited | JonathanReez | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Aug 20, 2020 at 21:32 | history | protected | divibisan | ||
| Apr 14, 2018 at 3:39 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPolitics/status/984999605602607104 | ||
| Apr 6, 2018 at 7:07 | comment | added | liftarn | @cpast See politics.stackexchange.com/questions/10546/… China's constitution states that The People's Republic of China "is a socialist state under the people's democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants," and that the state organs "apply the principle of democratic centralism." | |
| Apr 6, 2018 at 4:35 | answer | added | ebhh2001 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 10, 2015 at 5:22 | comment | added | Martin Schröder | You are of course thinking of the relations between e.g. the USA and Saudi Arabia, right? | |
| Sep 8, 2015 at 21:45 | comment | added | user4035 | @Anixx "why do you think you have right to intervene with the judiciary of another country" - this is the typical Western behaviour. Take for example, the ridiculous Magnitsky Act issued by the US parliament. | |
| Sep 8, 2015 at 19:48 | comment | added | Alex | @cpast China is actually the only working meritocracy in the world, and is doing quite well. It's socialistic, but communistic only by name. /Someone who have lived and worked in China for years | |
| Sep 8, 2015 at 15:40 | vote | accept | Bregalad | ||
| Sep 8, 2015 at 13:47 | comment | added | Anixx | "the torture of innocents" - what instances are you referring to? "expansion of the communist ideology" - various countries have different ideologies, if your country has capitalist or liberal ideology, other countries can question why they should deal with your country. In fact, countries often have points to cooperate for the common benefit even with different ideologies. "why do we spend money to protect them with the army" - if your country does not provide sufficient protection, nobody will visit it. | |
| Sep 8, 2015 at 11:25 | answer | added | Philipp♦ | timeline score: 12 | |
| Sep 8, 2015 at 8:30 | comment | added | Bregalad | I removed the part about jail as it was distracting from the actual question. | |
| Sep 8, 2015 at 8:29 | history | edited | Bregalad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Removed the jail part because it was distracting from the question
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| Sep 7, 2015 at 17:31 | comment | added | Anixx | @Bregalad then nobody will simply visit your country. And those politicians from the country whose leaders you imprisoned may be even glad that you imprisoned their rivals, even if not publicly admitting this, thus they will not follow your demands for release. Besides this, why do you think you have right to intervene with the judiciary of another country, demanding from the judges whom to release? It is what the courts should decide, not someone abroad who wants another party at power in a foreign country | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 17:10 | answer | added | user1530 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 15:26 | comment | added | Bregalad | @Mikel Urika You got a point however I'm sure that enprisoning some people and saying you'll set them free if the regime stops torturing oponents can have some dissuasive effect. At least they could not protect the dictator. Feeling that my country's budget is spent in chopters and tanks to protect people who doesn't deserve it is maddening. | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 14:18 | comment | added | Anixx | @cpast maybe their constitution calls it a dictatorship of proletariat (I doubt this), but in reality they are not, do you disagree? | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 14:09 | comment | added | cpast | @Anixx China is a dictatorship. This is just a fact; hell, their constitution calls themselves a dictatorship. | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 12:53 | answer | added | Relaxed | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 12:15 | answer | added | PointlessSpike | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 11:06 | comment | added | Anixx | Have the western propaganda started a new disc, that China is a dictatorship? | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 10:14 | comment | added | Mikel Urkia | About the last paragraph, I don't think that would be healthy to the diplomatic relations between countries around the world. What if any country could imprison other country's dignataries at will? I am afraid nothing good would come, even if these dignataries are internationally considered guilty of many misdeeds. | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 9:39 | comment | added | Bregalad | Also related, the choice to hold international sport evens in those dictatorships is related, and maddens me. | |
| Sep 7, 2015 at 9:38 | history | asked | Bregalad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |