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A proxy war is a conflict between two nations where neither country directly engages the other. While this can encompass a breadth of armed confrontation, its core definition hinges on two separate powers utilizing external strife to somehow attack the interests or territorial holdings of the other. This frequently involves both countries fighting their opponent's allies, or assisting their allies in fighting their opponent.
Proxy wars have been especially common since the close of World War II and the rise of the Cold War, and were a defining aspect of global conflict during the latter half of the 20th century. Much of this was motivated by fears that direct conflict between the United States and Soviet Union would result in nuclear holocaust, rendering proxy wars an ostensibly safer way of exercising hostilities. There were also more immediate reasons for the emergence of proxy war on the global stage. During its later years, the USSR often found it less expensive to arm or otherwise prop up NATO-antagonistic parties in lieu of direct engagement. In addition, the proliferation of televised media and its impact on public perception made the U.S. public especially susceptible to war-weariness and skeptical of risking American life abroad. This led to the practice of arming insurgent forces, such as the funneling of supplies to the Mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War.
The Cold War was a state of political and military tension after World War II between powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others) and powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its allies in the Warsaw Pact).
Historians do not fully agree on the dates, but 1947–91 is common. The term "cold" is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two sides, although there were major regional wars, known as proxy wars, supported by the two sides. The Cold War split the temporary wartime alliance against Nazi Germany, leaving the USSR and the US as two superpowers with profound economic and political differences: the former being a single-party Marxist–Leninist state operating a planned economy and controlled press and owning exclusively the right to establish and govern communities, and the latter being a capitalist state with generally free elections and press, which also granted freedom of expression and freedom of association to its citizens. A self-proclaimed neutral bloc arose with the Non-Aligned Movement founded by Egypt, India, Indonesia and Yugoslavia; this faction rejected association with either the US-led West or the Soviet-led East. The two superpowers never engaged directly in full-scale armed combat, but they were heavily armed in preparation for a possible all-out nuclear world war. Each side had a nuclear deterrent that deterred an attack by the other side, on the basis that such an attack would lead to total destruction of the attacker: the doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD). Aside from the development of the two sides' nuclear arsenals, and deployment of conventional military forces, the struggle for dominance was expressed via proxy wars around the globe, psychological warfare, massive propaganda campaigns and espionage, rivalry at sports events, and technological competitions such as the Space Race.
Saudi Arabia (i/ˌsɔːdiː əˈreɪbiə/,
i/ˌsaʊ-/), officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is an Arab state in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. With a land area of approximately 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), Saudi Arabia is geographically the second-largest state in the Arab world after Algeria. Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the northeast, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast, and Yemen to the south. It is the only nation with both a Red Sea coast and a Persian Gulf coast, and most of its terrain consists of arid inhospitable desert or barren landforms.
The area of modern-day Saudi Arabia formerly consisted of four distinct regions: Hejaz, Najd, and parts of Eastern Arabia (Al-Ahsa) and Southern Arabia ('Asir). The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded in 1932 by Ibn Saud. He united the four regions into a single state through a series of conquests beginning in 1902 with the capture of Riyadh, the ancestral home of his family, the House of Saud. The country has since been an absolute monarchy, effectively a hereditary dictatorship governed along Islamic lines. The ultra-conservative Wahhabism religious movement within Sunni Islam has been called "the predominant feature of Saudi culture", with its global spreading largely financed by the oil and gas trade. Saudi Arabia is sometimes called "the Land of the Two Holy Mosques" in reference to Al-Masjid al-Haram (in Mecca), and Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (in Medina), the two holiest places in Islam. The Kingdom has a total population of 28.7 million, of which 20 million are Saudi nationals and 8 million are foreigners.
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Are We On The Brink Of A New Cold War? http://testu.be/1GgXttX Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml The U.S. and Russia have a turbulent history and many believe their involvement in Syria is the start of a new conflict. So, is Syria now a proxy war? Learn More: U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/world/middleeast/syria-russia-airstrikes.html "Insurgent commanders say that since Russia began air attacks in support of the Syrian government, they are receiving for the first time bountiful supplies of powerful American-made antitank missiles." We Ask Experts: Has The Situation In Syria Become A Proxy War? http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/16/449181764/we-ask-experts-has-the-situation-in-syria-become-a-proxy-...
The West has used everything from signals intelligence operations, espionage, fighter jet saber-rattling, and diplomatic standoffs to stem the rise of Russian influence around the world. These efforts are coming to a dangerous head in Ukraine — a classic Eastern Bloc proxy state — where the presence of NATO troops is driving tensions to Cold War-era levels. As the armed conflict between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed separatists enters its third year, VICE travels to the frontline to take a closer look at what international assistance really looks like for those caught in the line of fire. Read "Russian fighter jet came within 10 feet of American plane over the Black Sea" - http://bit.ly/2dXYrlC Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE New...
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What is PROXY WAR? What does PROXY WAR mean? PROXY WAR meaning - PROXY WAR pronunciation - PROXY WAR definition - PROXY WAR explanation - How to pronounce PROXY WAR? Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
Watch how the Syrian civil war became the mess it is today. After four-plus years of fighting, Syria's war has killed at least hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions. And, though it started as a civil war, it's become much more than that. It's a proxy war that has divided much of the Middle East, and has drawn in both Russia and the United States. To understand how Syria got to this place, it helps to start at the beginning and watch it unfold: Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/I...
Throughout the Middle East, Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran compete for influence and supremacy via proxy wars in Yemen, Iraq and Syria. Produced by Reem Makhoul, Mark Scheffler and Arielle Ray. Subscribe to the WSJ channel here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy Visit the WSJ channel for more video: https://www.youtube.com/wsjdigitalnetwork More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://online.wsj.com/home-page Follow WSJ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wsjlive Follow WSJ on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+wsj/posts Follow WSJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJLive Follow WSJ on Instagram: http://instagram.com/wsj Follow WSJ on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/wsj/ Follow WSJ on Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/wall-street-journal
In today's video, Christopher Greene of AMTV reports on the U.S. fighting a proxy war in Syria. Website: http://www.amtvmedia.com/ On Demand: https://amtvmedia.vhx.tv/ Store: http://store.amtvmedia.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/amtvmedia Twitter: http://twitter.com/amtvmedia Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/107455227743332595314/107455227743332595314/posts Check out our sponsor Goldline and Sign Up now for your Free Investor Kit! Sponsor link: http://www.amtvmedia.com/re-direct-u-s-is-fighting-a-proxy-war-in-syria/ Call 1-800-280-8531 and let them know Christopher Greene of AMTV sent you. Copyright © 2015 AMTV. All rights reserved.
Excellent interview with John Perkins. Former Economic Hit Man, now Whistleblower, John's life is something out of a James Bond, Cloak & Dagger Film. Meet the man who influenced Presidents, Global Leaders & Key Figures around the Globe. Check out John's work at https://www.johnperkins.org https://www.dreamchange.org https://www.pachamama.org
Are We On The Brink Of A New Cold War? http://testu.be/1GgXttX Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml The U.S. and Russia have a turbulent history and many believe their involvement in Syria is the start of a new conflict. So, is Syria now a proxy war? Learn More: U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/13/world/middleeast/syria-russia-airstrikes.html "Insurgent commanders say that since Russia began air attacks in support of the Syrian government, they are receiving for the first time bountiful supplies of powerful American-made antitank missiles." We Ask Experts: Has The Situation In Syria Become A Proxy War? http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/16/449181764/we-ask-experts-has-the-situation-in-syria-become-a-proxy-...
The West has used everything from signals intelligence operations, espionage, fighter jet saber-rattling, and diplomatic standoffs to stem the rise of Russian influence around the world. These efforts are coming to a dangerous head in Ukraine — a classic Eastern Bloc proxy state — where the presence of NATO troops is driving tensions to Cold War-era levels. As the armed conflict between the Ukrainian army and Russian-backed separatists enters its third year, VICE travels to the frontline to take a closer look at what international assistance really looks like for those caught in the line of fire. Read "Russian fighter jet came within 10 feet of American plane over the Black Sea" - http://bit.ly/2dXYrlC Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE New...
What is the role of Saudi Arabia in the war in Syria? What are its ambitions in this regard? Follow PressTV Documentaries on: Website @ http://presstvdoc.com/ Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/PressTVdocum... Twitter @ https://twitter.com/presstvdocs Vimeo @ https://vimeo.com/user10253502 Soundcloud @ https://soundcloud.com/presstv-doc Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/presstvdoc/
What is PROXY WAR? What does PROXY WAR mean? PROXY WAR meaning - PROXY WAR pronunciation - PROXY WAR definition - PROXY WAR explanation - How to pronounce PROXY WAR? Source: Wikipedia.org article, adapted under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ license.
Watch how the Syrian civil war became the mess it is today. After four-plus years of fighting, Syria's war has killed at least hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions. And, though it started as a civil war, it's become much more than that. It's a proxy war that has divided much of the Middle East, and has drawn in both Russia and the United States. To understand how Syria got to this place, it helps to start at the beginning and watch it unfold: Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app. Check out our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/I...
Throughout the Middle East, Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran compete for influence and supremacy via proxy wars in Yemen, Iraq and Syria. Produced by Reem Makhoul, Mark Scheffler and Arielle Ray. Subscribe to the WSJ channel here: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy Visit the WSJ channel for more video: https://www.youtube.com/wsjdigitalnetwork More from the Wall Street Journal: Visit WSJ.com: http://online.wsj.com/home-page Follow WSJ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wsjlive Follow WSJ on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+wsj/posts Follow WSJ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJLive Follow WSJ on Instagram: http://instagram.com/wsj Follow WSJ on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/wsj/ Follow WSJ on Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/wall-street-journal
In today's video, Christopher Greene of AMTV reports on the U.S. fighting a proxy war in Syria. Website: http://www.amtvmedia.com/ On Demand: https://amtvmedia.vhx.tv/ Store: http://store.amtvmedia.com/ Facebook: http://facebook.com/amtvmedia Twitter: http://twitter.com/amtvmedia Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/107455227743332595314/107455227743332595314/posts Check out our sponsor Goldline and Sign Up now for your Free Investor Kit! Sponsor link: http://www.amtvmedia.com/re-direct-u-s-is-fighting-a-proxy-war-in-syria/ Call 1-800-280-8531 and let them know Christopher Greene of AMTV sent you. Copyright © 2015 AMTV. All rights reserved.
Excellent interview with John Perkins. Former Economic Hit Man, now Whistleblower, John's life is something out of a James Bond, Cloak & Dagger Film. Meet the man who influenced Presidents, Global Leaders & Key Figures around the Globe. Check out John's work at https://www.johnperkins.org https://www.dreamchange.org https://www.pachamama.org
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