@article{THESIS,
      recid = {6150},
      author = {Kirechu, Peter},
      title = {Fratricide Beyond Borders:  Political Exiles and the  Paradox of Authoritarian Survival in Rwanda },
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {M.A.},
      address = {2023-06},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {Why do some autocratic rulers broadcast attacks on exiled  rivals while others do not? This study argues that the  existing scholarship on the politics of authoritarian  survival is poorly suited to answer this question because  of its exclusive domestic focus. It proposes that the power  struggle between authoritarian rulers and the powerful  elites who enable their rule does not end if this  relationship turns sour, and powerful elites are pushed  into exile. The struggle, instead, intensifies and often  crosses borders. Authoritarian rulers seek to prevent their  former allies from mobilizing against them from the safety  of second or third countries abroad. This study examines  this contest through the extraterritorial campaign of  Rwandan President Paul Kagame, an authoritarian ruler who  unlike many of his contemporaries in China, Russia, and  North Korea, publicly acknowledges violent attacks –   including assassinations abroad – of exiled rivals for all  to see. The study proposes that while Kagame’s public  flaunting of attacks on exiled rivals is designed to  project an image of uncontested control, these public  spectacles instead reveal an uncertain fragility of the  regime. },
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/6150},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6150},
}