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In its 23 years of post-Soviet independence, Ukraine has lurched from one political crisis to the next under a succession of governments that were corrupt, inept, or, in former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s case, both.
Indeed, that, in a nutshell, is the story of the last six decades: a succession of Asian countries managed to grow by leaps and bounds by applying different variants of mercantilism.
The succession was always strictly a family affair, and any disputes remained behind closed doors.
However, with Sheikh Jaber al-Sabah’s death, the succession was not only subjected to feverish public debate, but the Kuwaiti press and Parliament were key actors in determining the outcome.
Elections with universal suffrage, combined with a relatively free press, meant that the succession became a public issue, debated in the media and by academics for months as Sheikh Jaber was dying.
With the taboo on discussing the succession broken, talk about the physical and mental fitness of the likely successor became commonplace, and members of the ruling family who objected to the prospect of being ruled by a severely incapacitated crown prince came to enjoy broad support.
Thus, immediately after Jaber al-Sabah’s death, the succession became a national concern.
The cabinet of ministers affirmed the succession of Sabah al-Sabah as the new ruler, which was then ratified by Parliament.
But the old rule of force and intrigue by which other Gulf rulers have been deposed has been replaced by a modern principle – the Al Sabah have surrendered their exclusive control over the succession to the will of Parliament, which alone could provide the legitimacy that the new Emir needs.
The victory of Parliament in Kuwait’s succession crisis is likely to lead some of Kuwait’s neighboring autocracies to stiffen their resolve against modernity and democracy.
The second notorious weakness of family businesses is the problem of succession.
In old-style family firms, there is a clear rule of succession that the oldest son takes over.
Such succession disputes become even more acute when there are multiple marriages and multiple sets of competing children.
In addition, succession planning can become complicated by the emergence of “substitute children” from the company’s management.
In fact, even before the latest eruption, a succession of massacres garnered only indifference from the international community.
Although the current president, Hu Jintao, is due to step down in 2012, he will continue to hold a degree of power through the military, so the succession of power to the next generation will not be completed until around 2015.
In the aftermath of North Korea’s hereditary succession, strategic thinkers rightly emphasize China’s key role in shaping the peninsula’s future.
Should the royal succession be contested, Thailand could enter yet another period of chaos and violence.
China’s recent agreement to normalize relations with South Korea, after more than a year of acrimony, may reflect the effect of Xi’s liberation from succession politics.
A succession of monopolists would lead, in this view, to higher standards of living in the long run.
Death and destruction surrounding elections and political succession are, sadly, nothing new in Bangladesh.
Sometimes the source of that instability is embedded: succession problems, electoral fraud, corruption, the absence of the rule of law, human rights violation, or official ethnic discrimination.
Frozen states include Saudi Arabia, where “democracy” is omitted from official discourse, even limited partial elections have been put on hold, and the royal succession remains a secret kept from the population.
In the US, the combination of Trump and a succession of new asset-price records – call it Trump-squared – has been sustaining the illusion underpinning current market optimism.
With the bloody wars of the Yugoslav succession still etched deeply in everyone's minds, does Djindjic's assassination herald the end of an era of political violence or the dawn of a new one?
Yet a long succession of presidents failed to solve the paradox.
Inflation in 1950-1973 and 1980-2007 was about the same – just over 3% – while inflation targeting has failed to prevent a succession of asset bubbles that have brought recessions in their wake.
The corruption and ineffectiveness of a succession of mainstream coalitions, and the promise of outsiders to do better, whether credible or not, similarly motivates Italian supporters of the right-wing League party and the left-wing Five Star Movement.
All four face the ticklish problem of succession, and speculation has been mounting for some time of possible attempts to keep power in the family.
Dynastic succession safeguards the immediate and frequently extensive interests of the ruling family as well as those of the wider political and business elite.
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