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Although George W. Bush invoked "regime change" as one of his justifications for a US invasion of Iraq, the concept itself has a long history dating back to the time of Julius Caesar. Today the concept remains bound up in a "good vs evil" binarism, although policy analysts also consider more nuanced aspects such as the designation of states as "viable," "failed," "weak," etc, & what it would take to make a state "successful." Strategies for peaceful regime change are examined according to a framework suggested by the work of Inis Claude. Claude hold that states could be bolstered through building "community strength, plural politics, consensus, legitimacy, & resilience.". K. Coddon

Examines military intervention, assassination, military occupation, and US-supported change of government in Iran in 1953; 4 articles. Contents: What justifies regime change? by Pascal Boniface; When to target leaders, by Catherine Lotrionte; Military occupation: legally ensuring a lasting peace, by David B. Rivkin Jr. and Darin R. Bartram; Lessons from Iran, by Barry Rubin.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- From an African Village to a Global Village -- Whither goest thou, the World? -- On the Futility and Danger of External Attempts to 'Democratise' China -- Regime Changes in Russia: Gorbachev, Yeltsin and Putin -- Democratic Peace Theories and Regime change -- Humanitarian Intervention, Civil Wars and Regime Change -- Conclusions -- Index.

Taking a historical and comparative perspective, the book analyses current attempts of regime change in various parts of the world, their intended and unintended consequences, as well as moral, legal and political aspects of external interference in internal processes.