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Can dictators change 'hearts and minds'?

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Why would someone want to be a dictator?

Sir Richard Dalton, former ambassador to both Iran and Libya, and Mark van Vugt, professor of psychology at VU University in Amsterdam, who has written a book called Naturally Selected, discuss dictators' characteristics.


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