> 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.
> ...retrieve some of [the former dictator's] war chests
sounds like the "F" of DIME-FIL made a call:
> 12:29 Uhr Bundesrat sperrt allfällige Vermögen von Maduro in der Schweiz
Der Bundesrat lässt allfällige Vermögenswerte in der Schweiz von Nicolas Maduro und weiteren Personen aus seinem Umfeld per sofort sperren. Es soll verhindert werden, dass «möglicherweise unrechtmässig erworbene Vermögenswerte» nicht abfliessen können, heisst es in einer Mitteilung. Amtierende Mitglieder der venezolanischen Regierung seien nicht betroffen.
> 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.
( ' -')?
* https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/01/04/...
> ...retrieve some of [the former dictator's] war chests
sounds like the "F" of DIME-FIL made a call:
> 12:29 Uhr Bundesrat sperrt allfällige Vermögen von Maduro in der Schweiz
Der Bundesrat lässt allfällige Vermögenswerte in der Schweiz von Nicolas Maduro und weiteren Personen aus seinem Umfeld per sofort sperren. Es soll verhindert werden, dass «möglicherweise unrechtmässig erworbene Vermögenswerte» nicht abfliessen können, heisst es in einer Mitteilung. Amtierende Mitglieder der venezolanischen Regierung seien nicht betroffen.