The Khmer Rouge regime was highly autocratic, xenophobic, paranoid, and repressive. Stanford University professor Beatriz Magaloni described a model governing the behaviour of autocratic regimes. They wanted a return to autocratic monarchy. He proceeded to strengthen his autocratic and nepotistic rule over the country. He then proceeded to strengthen his autocratic and nepotistic rule over the country. His enemies feared that he had ambitions to become an autocratic ruler. South Korea's subsequent history is marked by alternating periods of democratic and autocratic rule. Critics charge that Qaddafi uses these committees as tools of autocratic political repression in practice. Studies show that democratic states are more likely than autocratic states to win the wars. His rule in Gascony became increasingly autocratic. Banda had already been accused of autocratic tendencies. This innovation marked the superseding of surviving Republican institutions by an openly autocratic political system. After several years of autocratic rule, widespread protests and strikes had paralysed the economy. Metcalfe reverted to the Thomson system of strong central autocratic rule. The protesters objected to the presence of autocratic leaders such as Indonesian president Suharto.