The Coronavirus Pandemic Should Kill Regime Change Forever
▻https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/08/the-pandemic-should-kill-regime-change-forever-coronavirus-iraq-afgha
A few weeks ago, I tweeted the following: “A country that cannot convince its own citizens to wear masks to halt a pandemic has no business toppling foreign governments and trying to remake whole societies that it barely understands.” It received more retweets and “likes” than I usually get, along with the usual amendments, endorsements, and snarky replies. The logic of my tweet should be fairly obvious, but since there are still prominent people and organizations who think regime change is a ready solution to vexing foreign-policy challenges, it’s worth unpacking the argument in a bit more detail.
