User:Skakkle/regime

In diplomacy, the term "regime" is simply used by a party from one nation (nation #1) to refer to a government another nation (nation #2) of which nation #1 is generally not very supportive.

The parties using this language from nation #1 may be in the private individuals, independent media or traditional media commentators, or government officials. Among government officials, this language is employed by top level civilian, defense and even diplomatic/ foreign office officials of nation #1.

Nation #1 may even oppose nation #2 outright, considering them an adversary, and may be working to overthrow the government of nation #2, directly or indirectly.

"The [name of leader] government"
A variant on this phraseology is to refer to the adversary government by the leader's name, instead of by the name of the nation, this implying some doubt about that government's legitimacy.

Example: "The Assad government has jailed x number of journalists this year"

The severest form is combing these two, for example, referring to widely recognized legitimate government of Venezuela, as "the Maduro regime".

See also: "The North"