I would carefully apply force where necessary to undermine the public support of the populace of other nations formenting revolution. I wouldn't support any single group however I would support multiple Groups so that once the existing system is out no one can agree on a new system. I would then move forward as the only nation still stable in the world and give everyone a hand up. Those that refused would be destroyed. I would make sure to cause enough public outcry within my own nation and give it enough publicity that everyone knows that many people in my own nation are again my harsh policies but I would continue with them slowly organizing and grouping together world nations in such a way that each view myself and my group as their eventual enemy and coming together with common beliefs to squelch me. I would fund a massive space program and harness resources from the world over in harsh method. Eventually I would attempt to leave on a deep space colonization mission on a ship capable of supporting a population of 10k to 20k people indefinetly and journey to other stars. Hopefully once I was gone with the carefully laid vision that I had been routed from power by the united world people they would all see that they had more in common then not and proceed to demonize myself and those under me and eventually unite in a more peaceful and united and democratic form.
Then maybe someday the Earth people could meet my own removed colonizers and start a great stellar war with each other.
Something like that in an attempt to unite the world. History shows that people unite best when they have a scape goat. Thus I would attempt to make myself the scape goat since I don't have the stomache for the massive genocide that would be required to make someone else a scapegoat. By removing myself I would hope to do so in such a way that sets my despotic rule up as the scapegoat thus ensuring democratic form of government on a more world wide scale.
Not necessarily western democracy. But the form that would work best for each geographic region with something like the UN cept with actual powers and no security council.
