Editing Puppet state (section)

==Post-Cold War examples==
===Republic of Kuwait===
The [[Republic of Kuwait]] was a short-lived pro-Iraqi state in the Persian Gulf that only existed three weeks before [[Kuwait Governorate|it was annexed by Iraq]] in 1990.

===Republic of Serbian Krajina===
The [[Republic of Serbian Krajina]] was a self-proclaimed territory [[ethnic cleansing|ethnically cleansed]]{{what|is this really the correct form of the verb?|date=May 2023}} by Serbian forces during the [[Croatian War of Independence|Croatian War]] (1991–95). It was completely dependent on the Serbian regime of [[Slobodan Milošević]],<ref>{{cite book|title=Freedom on Fire|isbn = 9780674043480|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-t2p8irU2okC&q=krajina+puppet+state&pg=PA186|access-date=3 January 2020|last1 = Shattuck|first1 = John|year = 2009| publisher=Harvard University Press }}</ref> and was not recognised internationally.