Client and Satellite States (Brussels Morning)
Channel: Sam Vaknin's Musings
Date: 11/04/2024

Read the column: https://brusselsmorning.com/client-and-satellite-states/39111/

Small polities have always shopped around for protection. Egypt has pivoted from the USA to the USSR in the 1950s and back to the USA in the 1970s, for example. So did Israel, albeit in the opposite direction: from the Communist East to the capitalistic West. In a multipolar world, the leverage and bargaining power of small countries are increasing. But so does the aggression of regional potentates. We are in for an unusually turbulent period in human history, as state actors are attempting to settle on a new, workable equilibrium.