Regime to me (after studying Government and Politics at A level so ignore me if you want wink ) means any form of organised government. The USA has a regime as do most countries in the world. At the moment though people (cough America cough) have been using it to describe governments that do not fit the Western Liberal style of government - so the Middle East all have "regimes" (in the negative sense) as do some South American countries, Cuba, and the currently in turmoil Egypt, Tunisia and Libya...and so have negative-ised the word...

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