Shares in strongman leaders seem to be falling. The market has not yet turned bearish, but autocrats have little reason to feel bullish.Consider China. The internal power games of the Communist Party of China (CPC) are notoriously opaque, and rarely does political infighting reach the level at which it cannot be covered up. And yet rumbles of disquiet can clearly be heard.

Despite being one of the fastest-growing economies in the world last year, the Turkish economy is currently in turmoil. The United States (US) has just announced sanctions on Turkey which resulted in the freefalling of its national currency, the Turkish lira.