China Russia Iran
communist Supposedly presidential
But many tinges of autocracy Theocratic dictatorship with vestiges of an illiberal democracy
-most of history Russia has been ruled by a strong central government, the TZAR and the ruling family
- long ago most of Russia was the northern most extent of the empire of kublikan
- the rule of the Romanofs, was is the longest ever rule of a single family of a country.
- strong tradition of political non participation, all the way back to serfdom.
- heavily influenced by being the second Rome.
-highly centralized around the Islamic faith.
-first Iranian state was the Persian empire
-later conquered by Alexander the Great in 330 BC.
-Abbasid caliphate and its Islamic culture. The 10th and 11th centuries led the caliphs to loose control of Iran to Persian and Turkish rulers.
-Mongols, in the 13th century, took over & assimilated to the Islamic culture.
-struggled to maintain the balance between the clergy and the secular aspects of the government.
- historically huge gap btw rich and poor, the ruling elites, even during communism were far separated from the remainder of the population, with a long time of repression, sometimes the population has an expression explosion, resulting in discontent with the government.