https://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2011/12/25/why-tyrants-fall/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 03:56:44 -0400<![CDATA[What spells the doom of dictators?  Nobody really knows, and there are so many &#8220;whats&#8221; that the whole subject defies quantification.  Coups and assassinations, revolutions, defeats in war, and even sudden collapses, are all to be found in the texts, ancient and modern.  Even those of us who have predicted the fall of tyrannies, as I did in the case of the Soviet Empire, are surprised when it happens, and almost always fail to foresee how it happens.]]>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:18:48 -0500<![CDATA[Michael Ledeen]]>https://pjmedia.com/michael-ledeen/2011/12/25/why-tyrants-fall-n187450