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Deep state

Deep state is a term used for unauthorized secret networks of power operating within a government but independent of its political leadership, in pursuit of their own agendas and goals.

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Deep state

Nodes185
Edges184
Triples238
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010811
Components1

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Deep state

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related to Italy · 34
Deep state → Cold War, Daniele, During, Freemasonry, Ganser, GOI, Grand Orient, Il Sistema, In Italy, It, Italian, Italy, January, July, Licio Gelli, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Mafia, Masonic
related to Germany · 20
Deep state → Christoph Martin Wieland, Cosmopolitans, Federal Republic, German, German Reich, Germany, Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss, His, In, In December, Members, Order, QAnon, Reichsbürger, Russia, The, The Enlightenment, The Secret, They, Wieland's
related to United Kingdom · 20
Deep state → Civil Service, Conservative Political Action Conference, Conservative Prime Minister Liz, Daisy Cooper, David Cameron, General Jonathan Ashworth, In, In February, Labour Party Shadow Paymaster, Liberal Democrats Deputy Leader, Steve Hilton, The British, They, This, Tony Blair, Truss, United Kingdom, US, Yes Minister, You
related to Pakistan · 18
Deep state → Afghanistan, Hard Country, In, In Pakistan, India, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, Pakistan, Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistani, Penguin, Schofield, Since, The, The Establishment, The Pakistan Army, The Pakistani, Victoria
related to Middle East & North Africa · 15
Deep state → Afghan War, Algeria, Arab Spring, Egypt, In From Deep State, Islamic State, Jean-Pierre Filiu, Journalist Robert, Levant, Mamluks, Middle East, Soviet, Syria, Worth, Yemen
related to Russia · 15
Deep state → Ebury Press, FSB, Galeotti, How, In Russia, KGB, Mark, Russia, Russian, Talk About Putin, The, Their, Vladimir Putin, We Need, West Gets Him Wrong
related to Cold War narratives · 14
Deep state → Although, Asia, Cold War, Europe, Following World War II, IMF, International Monetary Fund, Latin America, Middle East, The, The Bretton Woods, This, United States, World Bank
related to India · 14
Deep state → In India, India, India's, It, Its, Manmohan Singh, NAC, National Advisory Council, Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi, The, The NAC, United Progressive Alliance, UPA
related to Egypt · 13
Deep state → Abdel Fattah, Abdul-Azim Ahmed, Armed Forces, Egypt, Egyptian, Following, He, In, Muslim Brotherhood, Sisi, Supreme Council, The, They
related to Turkey · 13
Deep state → According, Christian, Communists, Dexter Filkins, Islamists, Journalist Hugh Roberts, Journalist Robert, Kurdish, Professor Ryan Gingeras, The, Turkey, Turkish, Worth

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state deep political power military government term intelligence influence within institutions conspiracy used often hidden networks secret states economic governance

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Deep stateis aterm used for unauthorized secret networks of power operating within a government but independent of its political leadership0.90text
the International Monetary Fundinstance ofshaped global economic governance and fostered suspicion of hidden financial influence exerted by institutions0.80text
Indonesia's mass killings of 1965instance ofEvents0.80text
the Mafiainstance ofand even organized crime groups0.80text
the Watergate scandalinstance ofEvents0.80text
COINTELPROinstance ofEvents0.80text
and post-9/11 intelligence operations have been linked to discussions of the deep state.In the United Statesinstance ofEvents0.80text
the terminstance ofEvents0.80text
the CIA have been accused by elements of the Donald Trump administration of attempting to thwart its policy goalsinstance ofThe term has been associated with conspiracy theories as well as with legitimate concerns about the influence of entrenched bureaucracies and intelligence agencies.Intelligence…0.80text
Deep staterelated to ChinaJournalists0.60section
Deep staterelated to ChinaChinese0.60section
Deep staterelated to ChinaMao's0.60section

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