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The term is used to refer to intensive ideological and political struggles which do not reach the level of open armed warfare. The means of Cold Wars are political and economic activities, propaganda, espionage and proxy-wars. At this point, proxy-wars are worth mentioning in a more detailed way. A proxy war is an armed conflict between two states or non-state actors which act on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities. In other words, a proxy-war is the indirect engagement in a conflict by third parties wishing to influence its strategic outcome (Mumford, 2013a:40). Examples of proxy-wars are ample in Cold War.