buffer zone
buffer
buffer country
buffer state
no man's land
full-spectrum superiority
subterritory
line of contact
enemy line
balance
frontier
neutral zone
front
front line
grade-separated
cat-and-mouse
battlefront
disenclavation
extended order
barricade
war zone
bipolarization
proxy war
chamber gate
state boundary
power sharing
pissing war
counterenclave
state line
scientific frontier
boyg
cold war
stalemated
rising
contradiction
revolt
uprising
deadlocked
rebellion
insurrection
tension
irregular warfare
coup d'arret
autonomous
self-governing
sovereign
Nazi bar
empire
polar opposition
David-and-Goliath
fork
jar
independent
balance of power
interfactional
redoubt
line of defence
equilibrium
line of defense
interfaction
battle line
puppet
amidships
protectorate
Balkanize
Balkanise
powerism
cobelligerent
conformal geometry
counterstate
bistable
standoff
duopolistic
gauntlet
cross-handed
nonsovereign
satellite
condominium
status mixtus
homotope
passive defense
nonautonomous
frontofrontal
partition
satellite state
lines
suki
antifield
border guard
neutrality
to the victor go the spoils
attack is the best form of defence
big bad
counterpower
war of aggression