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What is a proxy war?

What is a proxy war? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for fighting each other directly.
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Sudan and Chad have thus become embroiled in a proxy war through various rebel movements and auxiliary militias.
This will turn Syria into a Somalia-like failed state and a battleground for a proxy war.
In other words, how is it possible to stop each state from sustaining the internal conflicts of its neighbour, and engaging in this proxy war?
If it continues to have the ambition to dispossess India of the remaining part of the state through a proxy war or diplomatic gamesmanship, no solution is envisageable.
And third, because this has already become a proxy war.
Rollback was the American end of the proxy war fought between the two superpowers for power and influence in the developing world.

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