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Peter Dale Scott

Canadian poet and academic

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Jan 22, 2026
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How did the term 'deep state' shift in meaning during the 1990s and 2000s in US political discourse?

The phrase entered English from 1990s reporting on to describe real covert alliances of military, intelligence and criminal actors , but in political discourse its meaning shifted across the 1990s and...

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Who coined the term 'deep state' and in what context?

The phrase "deep state" traces linguistically and historically to Turkey's term "derin devlet," used to describe clandestine networks within the Turkish military and security apparatus that operated b...