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The Int'l Spectator @intlspectator now1 minute ago
BREAKING: Total number of Turkish government personnel suspended or sacked following coup attempt has reached 70,000
Quinlivan examined how Saudi Arabia, Hussein-era Iraq, and Syria had successfully insulated their governments from a military takeover for prolonged periods of time, identifying four key factors that help make a regime “coup proof:”