> Leaders prefer small coalitions, because small coalitions are cheaper to keep happy.
and
> Mesquita and Smith barely write about competence at all. From what I can tell, they assume that leaders don’t care about it...
are somewhat interesting in conjunction* with:
> Having dismantled much of the ... policy infrastructure since he came to power, [he] depends on a small number of trusted personnel and business associates to handle core issues
And then, from a different summary:
> Ideally, you will also be able to capture the former dictator and retrieve some of his war chests.
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> Mesquita and Smith barely write about competence at all. From what I can tell, they assume that leaders don’t care about it...
are somewhat interesting in conjunction* with:
> Having dismantled much of the ... policy infrastructure since he came to power, [he] depends on a small number of trusted personnel and business associates to handle core issues
And then, from a different summary:
> Ideally, you will also be able to capture the former dictator and retrieve some of his war chests.
( ' -')?
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/04/...