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Mr. Erdogan’s critics accuse him of pushing the country toward one-man rule by cowing the news media and co-opting government institutions to serve his party’s interests.

Her primary rivals are not cowing before her national reputation.

The military was accused at the time of paving the route to power for Mr. Khan in 2018, pressuring his opponents to withdraw or change sides and cowing the news media.

Orban is much admired by the American right precisely because he has bent his small nation’s political system in his favor, cowing the judiciary, co-opting the independent press and weakening civil society.

Ukraine calls the attacks a war crime, aimed at cowing innocent civilians.