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Weakening the economy Economically, Franco implemented autarkic policies, a system of limited trade designed to isolate Spain and protect it from anti-Spanish influences.—
Rachelle Wilson Tollemar,
The Conversation,
30 Jan. 2026 Putin has adopted autarkic self-reliance and other ideas that appear to draw on North Korea’s Juche ideology—the doctrine formulated by Kim Jong Il in 1982 that seeks to foreground national economic and military self-reliance.—
Andrei Yakovlev,
Foreign Affairs,
16 May 2025