Recent years have seen the emergence of strongmen as serious political forces in liberal democracies the world over: Narendra Modi in India, Donald Trump in the United States, Viktor Orbรกn in Hungary, Recep Tayyip Erdoฤan in Turkey, Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines, and perhaps now Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia, despite the latterโs attempt to project a gentler public image.โฆ