A coup is a “forceful seizure of executive authority and office by a dissident/opposition faction within the country’s ruling or political elites that results i

A coup is a “forceful seizure of executive authority and office by a dissident/opposition faction within the country’s ruling or political elites that results in a substantial change in the executive leadership and the policies of the prior regime (although not necessarily in the nature of regime authority or mode of governance).” Source: https://www.systemicpeace.org/inscr/CSPCoupsCodebook2015.pdf https://www.systemicpeace.org/inscr/CSPCoupsCodebook2015.pdf