proxy war

The long cold war ended without a fight in Europe, although there were proxy wars outside.

He engaged in a bitter proxy war and managed to take over control of the bank.

Pakistan has engaged India in a proxy war since 1988.

They believe they can win by fighting a proxy war here.

For five more years this proxy war dragged on, until the ceasefire of 1973.

They were thus able to stage a proxy war and regain control of the board in 1970.

We have even seen some completely ridiculous proxy wars, and the atmosphere has not always been free of tension.

I'd also say that a proxy war has been going on for a while.

Instead they tested each other constantly in proxy wars, for instance, and over Taiwan.

Only weeks ago, the two men were fighting a bitter proxy war that threatened to split Labor for years.