Editing Puppet state (section)

==Recent and current examples==
===United States===
* {{flag|Republic of Iraq|2004}} ([[Iraqi Interim Government|Interim Government]] and [[Coalition Provisional Authority]]) – Critics of the Iraqi Interim Government argued that it existed only at the pleasure of the United States and other coalition countries and considered it a U.S. puppet government.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iraqis rise up against 16 years of 'made in the USA' corruption |url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/iraqis-rise-against-16-years-made-usa-corruption/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |website=openDemocracy |language=en}}</ref> This criticism was also extended to politicians active within the Interim Government, with the media suggesting that [[Ayad Allawi]], was Washington's puppet.<ref>{{cite news | title=Iraq's New S.O.B. | work=[[Newsweek]] | date=July 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/26/opinion/26dowd.html?_r=0|title=Dance of the Marionettes|last=Dowd|first=Maureen|author-link=Maureen Dowd|date=26 September 2004|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=16 January 2024}}</ref> The CPA's economy was dominated by American influence. The CPA began to [[Economic reform of Iraq|dismantle Iraq's centrally planned economy]]. [[Paul Bremer]], chief executive of the CPA, planned to restructure Iraq's state owned economy with [[free market]] thinking. Bremer dropped the [[corporate tax]] rate from around 45% to a [[flat tax]] rate of 15% and allowed foreign corporations to [[Repatriation|repatriate]] all profits earned in Iraq. Opposition from senior Iraqi officials, together with the poor security situation, meant that Bremer's privatisation plan was not implemented during his tenure,<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/05/world/struggle-for-iraq-northern-region-kurdish-region-northern-iraq-will-get-keep.html?scp=3&sq=privatization&st=nyt | work=The New York Times | title=The Struggle for Iraq: Northern Region; Kurdish Region in Northern Iraq Will Get to Keep Special Status | first=Steven R. | last=Weisman | date=2004-01-05}}</ref> though his orders remained in place. CPA Order 39 laid out the framework for full privatisation in Iraq and permitted 100% foreign ownership of Iraqi assets and strengthened the positions of foreign businesses and investors. Critics like [[Naomi Klein]] argued that CPA Order 39 was designed to create as favourable an environment for foreign investors as possible, which would allow U.S. corporations to dominate Iraq's economy.<ref name="shock">[[The Shock Doctrine]], [[Naomi Klein]]</ref> Also controversial was [[Coalition Provisional Authority Order 17|CPA Order 17]] which granted all foreign contractors operating in Iraq [[Legal immunity|immunity]] from "Iraqi [[legal process]]," effectively granting immunity from any kind of suit, civil or criminal, for actions the contractors engaged in within Iraq.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20040627_CPAORD_17_Status_of_Coalition__Rev__with_Annex_A.pdf |title=iraqcoalition.org/~Status_of_Coalition_Rev_with_Annex_A.pdf |access-date=16 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040701202703/http://iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20040627_CPAORD_17_Status_of_Coalition__Rev__with_Annex_A.pdf |archive-date=2004-07-01 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> CPA Order 49 also provided significant [[tax cut]]s for corporations operating within Iraq by reducing the rate from a maximum of 40% to a maximum of just 15% on income. Furthermore, corporations who collaborated with the CPA were [[tax exemption|exempted]] from having to pay any tax.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20040220_CPAORD_49_Tax_Strategy_of_2004_with_Annex_and_Ex_Note.pdf |title=iraqcoalition.org/~Tax_Strategy_of_2004_with_Annex_and_Ex_Note.pdf |access-date=16 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165636/http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20040220_CPAORD_49_Tax_Strategy_of_2004_with_Annex_and_Ex_Note.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

===Armenia===
* {{flag|Artsakh}} – A former self-declared independent state heavily populated by Armenians, it was internationally recognised as part of [[Azerbaijan]]. Russian peacekeepers controlled the [[Lachin corridor]] that allowed traffic to reach Armenia, on which it was heavily dependent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justsecurity.org/73310/the-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-and-the-exercise-of-self-defense-to-recover-occupied-land/|title=The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and the Exercise of 'Self-Defense' to Recover Occupied Land|date=10 November 2020|website=Just Security}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://armenianweekly.com/2020/11/02/putin-finally-reveals-his-solution-to-the-artsakh-conflict/|title=Putin Finally Reveals His Solution to the Artsakh Conflict|first=Harut|last=Sassounian|date=2 November 2020|website=The Armenian Weekly}}</ref>

===China===
* {{flag|Wa State}} – The ''de facto'' independent [[Wa State]] in [[Myanmar]] is considered a puppet state linked to China.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN14H1V8 |title=Through reclusive Wa, a China's reach extends into Suu Kyi's Myanmar |last1=Slodkowski |first1=Antoni |last2=Lee |first2=Yimou |publisher=Reuters |date=28 December 2016 |access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://asiatimes.com/2019/09/why-myanmars-wa-always-get-what-they-want |title=Why Myanmar's Wa always get what they want |last=Linter |first=Bertil |date=18 September 2019 |access-date=20 February 2021}}</ref>

===Russia===
[[File:Евгений Шевчук и Александр Анкваб.jpg|thumb|210px|Abkhazian President [[Alexander Ankvab]] with Transnistrian President [[Yevgeny Shevchuk]] in 2013. Both Abkhazia and Transnistria have been described as puppet states of Russia.]]
* {{flag|Abkhazia|Republic of Abkhazia}} is considered a puppet state that is dependent on Russia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecommentator.com/article/1272/georgia_and_russia_the_occupation_too_many_have_forgotten|title=Georgia and Russia: The occupation too many have forgotten|first=Luke|last=Coffey|publisher=thecommentator.com|date=1 June 2012|access-date=13 September 2017|archive-date=20 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220181039/http://www.thecommentator.com/article/1272/georgia_and_russia_the_occupation_too_many_have_forgotten|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Francis2011">{{cite book|last=Francis|first=Céline|title=Conflict Resolution and Status: The Case of Georgia and Abkhazia (1989–2008)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M0HYNMc3cOIC&pg=PA92|access-date=13 September 2017|year=2011|publisher=VUBPRESS Brussels University Press|isbn=978-90-5487-899-5|pages=92–97}}</ref> The economy of Abkhazia is heavily integrated with Russia and uses the [[Russian ruble]] as its currency. About half of Abkhazia's state budget is financed with aid money from Russia.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/no-clear-frontrunner-as-abkhazia-goes-to-poll/442702.html |title=No Clear Frontrunner as Abkhazia Goes to Poll |author=Nikolaus von Twickel |newspaper=The Moscow Times |date=26 August 2011}}</ref> Most Abkhazians have [[Russian passport|Russian passports]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18175030 |title=BBC News – Regions and territories: Abkhazia |work=BBC News |date=22 November 2011 |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]] |location=London |access-date=19 January 2012}}</ref> Russia maintains a 3,500-strong force in Abkhazia with its headquarters in [[Gudauta District|Gudauta]], a former Soviet military base on the [[Black Sea]] coast<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20130419/180735302.html|work=RIA Novosti|title=Russian Troops in Abkhazia to Get Air-Conditioned APCs|date=19 April 2013}}</ref> and the borders of Abkhazia are protected by Russian paratroopers.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190530-abkhazia-the-country-living-in-a-soviet-time-warp |author=Stephen Dowling|date=May 31, 2018|title=Abkhazia: The 'country' living in a Soviet time warp|publisher=BBC}}</ref> 
* {{flag|South Ossetia}} has declared independence but its ability to maintain independence is solely based on Russian troops deployed on its territory. As South Ossetia is landlocked between Russia and [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], from which it seceded, it has relied on Russia for economic and logistical support, as all of its exports and imports and air and road traffic is only with Russia. Former President of South Ossetia [[Eduard Kokoity]] claimed he would like South Ossetia eventually to become a part of the Russian Federation through reunification with [[North Ossetia–Alania|North Ossetia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/russia-insists-it-has-no-imperial-ambitions-for-ex-soviet-neighbours-1.937994|title=Russia insists it has no imperial ambitions for ex-Soviet neighbours|first=Daniel|last=McLaughlin|date=12 September 2008|newspaper=The Irish Times|access-date=26 June 2021}}</ref>
* The {{flag|Donetsk People's Republic}} (DPR) and the {{flag|Luhansk People's Republic}} (LPR) were self-proclaimed republics in eastern Ukraine following the fallout from the [[Euromaidan]] protests and widely considered to be Russian puppet states.<ref name="twickel">{{cite web|url=https://css.ethz.ch/en/services/digital-library/articles/article.html/7b91e171-a779-43d3-9f24-35e8a88d8974|title=Russian Analytical Digest No 214: The Armed Conflict in Eastern Ukraine|website=[[ETH Zurich]]|author1=Nikolaus von Twickel |author2=Gwendolyn Sasse |author3=Mario Baumann}}</ref><ref name="korotkyi">{{cite book|url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-6265-222-4_7|title=The Legal Status of the Donetsk and Luhansk "Peoples' Republics"|author=Tymur Korotkyi, Nataliia Hendel|year=2018 |pages=145–170 |doi=10.1007/978-94-6265-222-4_7 |isbn=978-94-6265-221-7 }}</ref> Russia [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts of Ukraine|annexed]] the DPR and LPR on September 30, 2022, following the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].
* {{flag|Transnistria}}, a conservative holdover of pro-Soviet forces from the [[Transnistria War]], is considered a puppet state sponsored by Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2014/0305/Is-Transnistria-the-ghost-of-Crimea-s-future-video|title=Is Transnistria the ghost of Crimea's future?|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|date=5 March 2014|access-date=25 October 2015|last=Robertson|first=Dylan C.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|chapter-url=https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-6265-141-8_2|chapter=Puppet States: A Growing Trend of Covert Occupation|doi=10.1007/978-94-6265-141-8_2|title=Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law Volume 18, 2015|year=2016|last1=Ivanel|first1=Bogdan|volume=18|pages=43–65|isbn=978-94-6265-140-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/bitstream/handle/10919/35153/Owen_JD_T_2009.pdf|title=Neopatrimonialism and Regime Endurance in Transnistria}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781839107849/9781839107849.00014.xml|title=The European Unions position and practice with regard to unilateral and extraterritorial sanctions|first=Charlotte|last=Beaucillon|date=17 August 2021|journal=Research Handbook on Unilateral and Extraterritorial Sanctions|pages=110–129|doi=10.4337/9781839107856.00014 |isbn=9781839107856 |s2cid=238717787 |via=www.elgaronline.com|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* {{flag|Belarus}} forms a [[Union State]] with Russia. It has been described as a Russian puppet state or ''de facto'' Russian since 2022, following the crushing of the [[2020–2021 Belarusian protests]] with Russian assistance and the staging of the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]] from Belarus.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuzio |first=Taras |author-link=Taras Kuzio |date=6 December 2022 |title=Russia must stop being an empire if it is wishes to prosper as a nation |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russia-must-stop-being-an-empire-if-it-is-wishes-to-prosper-as-a-nation/ |access-date=27 January 2023 |website=[[Atlantic Council]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dempsey |first=Judy |author-link=Judy Dempsey |date=24 February 2022 |title=Judy Asks: Is Belarus's Sovereignty Over? |url=https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/86512 |access-date=27 January 2023 |website=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Haltiwanger |first=Josh |date=14 December 2022 |title=Ukrainian forces are bracing for the possibility of another Russian invasion via Belarus: 'We have to be ready' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-bracing-for-possibility-of-another-russian-invasion-via-belarus-2022-12 |access-date=27 January 2023 |work=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=25 February 2022 |title=What Does Putin Really Want? |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/25/putin-russia-ukraine-invasion-endgame-experts-00011652 |access-date=27 January 2023 |work=[[Politico]]}}</ref>

=== Israel ===

* {{Flag|Palestinian Authority}} – The Palestinian Authority, an autonomous administration which exercises partial civil control over the [[Palestinian enclaves]] in the [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|Israeli-occupied West Bank]], was created in 1994 as a result of the [[Oslo Accords]]. It is widely viewed by Palestinians as subservient to [[Israel]], and the two have coordinated security.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who Governs the Palestinians? {{!}} Council on Foreign Relations |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/who-governs-palestinians |access-date=2024-07-30 |website=www.cfr.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=DC |first=Arab Center Washington |date=2024-11-07 |title=Fending for Themselves: The Palestinians and the Palestinian Authority |url=https://arabcenterdc.org/resource/fending-for-themselves-the-palestinians-and-the-palestinian-authority/ |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Arab Center Washington DC |language=en-US}}</ref>