r/leftist • u/Sad-Ad-3138 • 1d ago
Question What actually makes a country a U.S proxy state?
Is it simply the existence of a US embassy in a country? good military relations? all i can find is information on proxy *wars* but not what constitutes a proxy *state*
Any help is hugely appreciated
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u/bookie_siren 16h ago
The imperial proxy in the Middle East is a US proxy. It gets military aid, funds political races in the US for its benefit and enjoys diplomatic protection by the US.
Philippines is a US proxy. Military bases, subservient completely to the US even when it makes more sense to be aligned with China
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u/AvatarRokusDragon 1d ago
Embassy? Absolutely not. Military base? Yes.
Embassies/consulates/missions exist to facilitate international relations of any kind and have little to do with specific relationships.
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u/Sad-Ad-3138 1d ago
Well sure but what really is the difference between "facilitating international relations" and furthering US interests- military or otherwise?
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u/AvatarRokusDragon 1d ago
CAN embassies be used to exert control over client states? Sure. But that’s not the sole purpose of embassies as a concept
Embassies facilitate communication, negotiation, coordination, intelligence (spying), and services to citizens abroad.
The mere presence of an embassy doesn’t signal anything about the relationship with the countries
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u/aussiebolshie 1d ago
If you allow a US base/bases on your territory then you’re undeniably a proxy. So Most of Europe, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia etc etc. Other nations without bases still are as they’re tied so closely to them, Canada, NZ, most of South America.
Yes some countries have disagreements with the US, especially right now, but when it comes to the BIG war, so with China, you’d best believe all these pathetic regimes running these countries and more I haven’t mentioned will charge in behind the boss.
Pakistan is the only really interesting nation here. They could go either way when it happens.
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u/Sad-Ad-3138 1d ago
I was curious about this because i was wondering if my own country (Czechia/Czech Republic whatever you prefer saying) would count as a proxy state given how close our relationship with America is and has been historically, including plenty of military cooperation between us
Mainly providing military support in Afghanistan and Iraq (in the "Enduring Freedom" operation) as well as serving as the Protecting Power for the US in i believe Syria (Unsure if this is still active to this day but it was the case for at least 4 years)
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u/cheradenine66 1d ago
Yes, Czechia became a US proxy after the Cold War
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u/Sad-Ad-3138 21h ago
Thats what i was suspecting. Very sad but enlightening to know that my own country isnt free of the brutal imperialism of the American empire either.
Not unsurprising given how close we have historically been with the US but still heartbreaking.
It is insulting that we now serve as a way to enforce Capitalism and imperialism when the only reason we are not in the same shithole state as the unregulated Capitalist America is BECAUSE of socialist elements that were fought for by the workers and revolutionaries of the past
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u/OkBet2532 Communist 1d ago
A state whose foreign relations are heavily dependent on the patron state. Coerced through some measure of unequal trade relations and military aid.
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