client state

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For the UAE, Mr Abiy's adventurism is both an opportunity and a risk: Ethiopia could become an important Red Sea power - and an Emirati client state; or a new war in the Horn could jeopardise their gains in Sudan.

From BBC

The ancient city was the capital of an Arab client state of the Roman Empire that briefly rebelled and carved out its own kingdom in the third century, led by Queen Zenobia.

From Seattle Times

Poland borders Ukraine and Russia’s client state Belarus in the east and the Russia territory of Kaliningrad in the north.

From New York Times

And Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, is trying to prove that the kingdom is not just an American “client state.”

From New York Times

Yet the shift toward resolving regional conflicts is also driven by the crown prince’s desire to transform Saudi Arabia into a global power in its own right, instead of the American “client state” that critical members of Congress have dismissed it as.

From New York Times