regime change
the transition from one political regime to another, esp through concerted political or military action
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How to use regime change in a sentence
Now 88 senators are urging the Obama administration to take a very different approach to the group: gradual regime change.
Many Israeli politicians have begun pushing for slow-motion regime change in Gaza.
President Obama has been pushing for regime change for Iraq since late June, The Daily Beast has learned.
Exclusive: Inside Obama's Push for Regime Change in Iraq | Eli Lake | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Bush administration neocons, salivating over regime change in Iran, spurned this extraordinary deal.
Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick On How Obama Should Handle the Crisis In Syria | Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick | October 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBoth should know by now that amateurs do regime change; professionals do stabilization.
The U.S.’s ‘Yadda, Yadda, Yadda’ Doctrine for Syria | Jeremy Shapiro | September 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
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