universities and autocrats
Jul. 18th, 2013 12:55 am"Dictators also like to have their children educated in leading universities in the United States, and especially in Oxford University at the United Kingdom. In fact, one might almost conclude that Oxford is a breeding ground for authoritarians. It certainly the alma mater of many, including Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, the Bhutto family in Pakistan, kings of Jordan, Bhutan, Malaysia, and even little Tonga..." (Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith, Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics, Public Affairs Books, 2011, p.109)