coup attempts
Seizure of government
Coup attempts are efforts to seize government power suddenly and illegally, typically by military forces or political insiders.
The plural usually appears in discussions of political instability: The country has survived three coup attempts since independence.
A failed coup attempt may be called an attempted coup or abortive coup.
- military juntaRuling council of officers
- military interventionUse of troops abroad
- seize powerTake control by force
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
mutiny · insurgents · sedition · constitutional crisis · state of emergency · martial law · regime change · propaganda · dissidents · house arrest · putsch · revolution · sabotage · assassination · foreign agents · authoritarianism · political instability · emergency broadcast
- Philippine historypresidents, Spanish rule, vice president, revolutionaries, Imelda
- Arab HistoryArab Spring, Arab League, Nasser, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Baath Party
- Gabon HistoryFrench colonization, colonial era, single-party rule, democratic reforms, constitutional changes
- African ConflictsRwandan genocide, Boer War, Darfur, Al-Shabaab
- Americas DiplomacyPan-Americanism, diplomatic relations, bilateral talks, diplomatic ties, ambassador
- authoritarianismautocracy, absolutism, despotism, dictatorship, totalitarianism
coup attemptsdemocratic elections
Voting by the populace
electoral processes · inaugurations · abdications · constitutional amendments · referenda