Scholars of international relations credit  the Middle Kingdom monarchy with pioneering new forms of treaties and ambassadorial  practices during this turbulent period.

国际关系学者将这一动荡时期开创性的新条约形式和大使惯例归功于中央王国的君主制。

I mean, you wrote a book called Spin Dictators, co-wrote it, which talked about how he had sort of pioneered a form of authoritarian rule that relied as much on PR and media manipulation as on brute force.

我的意思是， 你写了一本叫做《旋转独裁者》的书，是你合写的， 书中谈到了他如何开创了一种独裁统治的形式， 这种统治既依赖公关和媒体操纵， 也依赖暴力。