Buffer state (English Wikipedia)

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Stent, Angela E. (1998). "Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification, the Soviet Collapse, and the New Europe". Princeton University Press. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015. Moscow's German Problem before Detente – The Federal Republic – In 1945, the major Soviet preoccupation was to prevent any future German attack; hence the imposition of Soviet-controlled governments in a ring of buffer states between Germany and the USSR.

"Papua Nugini Diharapkan Jadi Bufferzone Indonesia" [Indonesia Hopes Papua New Guinea to be Indonesia's Buffer Zone] (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 October 2017.

"Mongolia, the uncontested buffer state". Russia Direct. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

Fazal, Tanisha M. (2004-04-01). "State Death in the International System". International Organization. 58 (2): 311–344. doi:10.1017/S0020818304582048 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 1531-5088. S2CID 154693906.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)

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"Nepal: Dictated by Geography | World Policy Institute". www.worldpolicy.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
"Mongolia, the uncontested buffer state". Russia Direct. Archived from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
Stent, Angela E. (1998). "Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification, the Soviet Collapse, and the New Europe". Princeton University Press. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015. Moscow's German Problem before Detente – The Federal Republic – In 1945, the major Soviet preoccupation was to prevent any future German attack; hence the imposition of Soviet-controlled governments in a ring of buffer states between Germany and the USSR.

Fazal, Tanisha M. (2004-04-01). "State Death in the International System". International Organization. 58 (2): 311–344. doi:10.1017/S0020818304582048 (inactive 1 November 2024). ISSN 1531-5088. S2CID 154693906.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link)

"Nepal: Dictated by Geography | World Policy Institute". www.worldpolicy.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2016-02-10.