Deep politics

group of people who undermine a larger group

clandestine form of government of a state, operated through networks of covert power groups

powerful decision-maker or adviser "behind the scenes"

A camarilla is a group of courtiers or favourites who surround a king or ruler. Usually, they do not hold any office or have any official authority at the royal court but influence their ruler behind the scenes. Consequently, they also escape having to bear responsibility for the effects of their advice. The term derives from the Spanish word camarilla (diminutive of cámara), meaning 'little chamber' or private cabinet of the king. It was first used of the circle of cronies around Spanish King Ferdinand VII (reigned 1814–1833). The term involves what is known as cronyism. The term also e

Entryism (also called entrism, enterism, infiltration, a French Turn, boring from within, or boring-from-within) is a political strategy in which an organization or state encourages its members or supporters to join another, usually larger, organization in an attempt to expand influence and expand their ideas and program. If the organization being "entered" is hostile to entryism, the entryists may engage in a degree of subterfuge and subversion to hide the fact that they are an organization in their own right.

where private interests influence a state's decision-making processes

alleged influence network within the apparatus of the Turkish state

Military takeover of the government of Pakistan

Makhzen (, , ) is the governing institution in Morocco and in pre-1957 Tunisia, centered on the monarch and consisting of royal notables, top-ranking military personnel, landowners, security service bosses, civil servants and other well-connected members of the establishment. The term "Makhzen" is also popularly used in Morocco as a word meaning "State" or "Government".

conspiracy theory about a clandestine network in the United States

1904-1905 French political scandal

book written by Alexander Litvinenko and Yuri Felshtinsky

Canadian poet and academic

informal influence over a political figure

nonprofit organization

French political movement

Alleged coup attempt in Turkey