--- --- # Puppet Regime: Insecurity Counsel  by [Ian Bremmer](https://time.com/author/ian-bremmer/)  ## Ian Bremmer Nov 18, 2017 5:48 PM UTC  by [Ian Bremmer](https://time.com/author/ian-bremmer/)  ## Ian Bremmer Nov 18, 2017 5:48 PM UTC The world keeps getting crazier. I’ve spent the last 20 years making my living explaining global politics to business people, politicians and the public alike. But desperate times call for small felt creatures. I now present to you PUPPET REGIME, a show unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Puppet Regime: Insecurity Counsel ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5030699/puppet-regime/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5030699/puppet-regime/"},"headline":"Puppet Regime: Insecurity Counsel","datePublished":"2017-11-18T17:48:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:18:18.303Z","description":"The world keeps getting crazier. Desperate times call for small felt creatures","url":"https://time.com/5030699/puppet-regime/","keywords":["ideas","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ian Bremmer","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/ian-bremmer/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ideas/","name":"ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5030699/puppet-regime/","name":"Puppet Regime: Insecurity Counsel"}}]}] ```