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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.

A series of critical developments in Turkish politics from 2007 has signalled a historic shift in the use of power in the country, long controlled by the staunch and virtually autonomous bureaucracy, both military and civilian, in the face of fragile civilian politics. A unique leverage used by civilian politics in bringing about the change has been the discourse of Europeanization. Originally a project that was part and parcel of the identity politics of the bureaucracy from the nineteenth century, the discourse seems to have been appropriated by forces defiant of the bureaucratic rule to reconfigure access to power. This shift in power may amount to nothing less than a regime change, completed and sealed in the last general election in June 2011, although it remains to be seen whether the new regime, as yet amorphous, will deliver the improved democracy it promises.