Sentence examples for legitimize regime from inspiring English sources

It has adamantly opposed any Security Council resolution on Syria that would, as Foreign Minister Sergey V. Lavrov said Wednesday, "help legitimize regime change".

The Chilcot Report underscores this reality, without saying as much, by detailing the efforts of the government of Tony Blair to legitimize American regime change policies in Iraq by focusing on defining Saddam in terms more palatable for its domestic audience, as well as a skeptical Europe -- unrepentant, defiant and representing a real danger in the form of retained weapons of mass destruction.

"They don't want to legitimize this regime," she said.

Nevertheless, he could not give up the attempt to legitimize his regime.

The opposition was faced with an excruciating dilemma: whether to join an election that would be its first chance in twenty years to have a share of power, and thereby legitimize the regime's illegitimate rule, or boycott on principle and accept more years of essentially impotent resistance.

The Nazis used it to legitimize their regime as a successor state.

Rather than genuine reform, Bashir's real goals are to legitimize the regime and preserve the status quo.

They believe it is nothing more than a ruse to legitimize his regime in the short term, and buy time for Bashir to consolidate his authority during the run-up to general elections in 2015.

It may follow that either tacit consent to a political regime, which Lockean contract theorists often cite, cannot successfully legitimize political regimes; or that tacit consent successfully legitimizes medical experimentation, rendering long consent forms unnecessary.

Their work is particularly important for foreign governments and financial institutions that may be inclined to legitimize undemocratic regimes so long as they hold the almighty election.

Ironically, decades of dominance may have further weakened the communal identity; Assad père et fils have always striven to narrow the perceived difference between Alawism and mainstream Islam as a way of legitimizing their regime.