Regime Change: What Is It Good For?

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It is easy to see why regime change could be appealing to foreign policymakers. Why bother to persuade, bribe, or threaten a defiant foreign country when you could support opposition groups who promise to align their policies with the goals of the U.S. leadership?

The issue of regime change has remerged for many under the new Trump Administration. Fear over a North Korea with nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reach strategic allies and the continental United States has created a sense of urgency for an adjustment from the status quo. Just this weekend, President Donald Trump tweeted that diplomatic negotiation with the regime of Kim Jung-un was a waste of time, and that the United States would “do what has to be done” – a possible threat to the rogue totalitarian regime’s continuing grasp on power.

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