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satellite state

  
     
  A state which is or tends to be habitually subservient to another in respect of an important area or areas of policy. During the Cold War it was widely applied in the West to the East European associates of the Soviet Union. It has some affinity with the concept of a vassal state. See also bloc; Brezhnev Doctrine; dependent state; puppet state; sphere of influence.  
 

 

 

  
 
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