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| conflict    = Aldinean Cold War
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| caption     = {{leftlegend|#008000|Sjealand}}{{leftlegend|#E3801C|Ambrose}}{{leftlegend|#EC1C24|Major proxy conflict locations}}
| date        = 26 November 1972 – present
| place       = Aldinea, Sirklant, Miklea and eastern Farvara
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| status      = {{collapsible list
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* [[War of the Njord]]
* [[Engatian Split]] 
* [[War in Weichtal]] ([[2019 Weichtal Offensive]]) 
* [[War in North Alaouasem]] 
* [[Sjealandic involvment in the Emerinan Civil War]] 
* [[UOS Intervention in Pisac]] 
* Formation of [[West Aldinean Defence Organisation|WADO]] and [[Golden Circle Pact|GCP]] 
* [[2018 Nordanian crisis|2018 Aldinean Crisis]]
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| combatants_header = Belligerents
| combatant1  = {{flagicon image|Nosdo.png}} [[West Aldinean Defence Organisation|WADO]]<br>'''• {{flag|Sjealand}}'''<br>{{collapsible list
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{{flag|Mondejar}} <br>
{{flag|Galideen}} <br>
{{flag|South Sirklant}} <br>
{{flag|Huaca}} <br>
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| combatant1a = '''[[2019 Weichtal Offensive]]'''<br>
{{flagicon image|Flag of Kreissau.png}} [[Kreissau]]<br>{{flag|Sjealand}}<br>{{flagicon image|Nosdo.png}} [[West Aldinean Defence Organisation]]
| combatant2  = {{flagicon image|GCPFlag.png}} [[Golden Circle Pact|GCP]]<br>'''• {{flag|Ambrose}}'''<br>{{collapsible list
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{{flag|Sazarin}}<br>
{{flag|Hitotami}} <br>
{{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_West_Russian_Volunteer_Army.svg}} [[Weichtal Home Army]] <br>
{{flag|North Alaouasem}} <br>
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| combatant2a = '''[[2019 Weichtal Offensive]]''' <br>
{{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_West_Russian_Volunteer_Army.svg}} [[Weichtal Home Army]] <br> {{flag|Lingenburg}} (Unofficial)
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| commander1  = {{flagicon|Sjealand}} '''[[Frederik VI of Sjealand|Frederik VI]]''' <br /><small>([[Monarchy of Sjealand|Archking of Sjealand]])</small><br />
{{flagicon|Sjealand}} [[Erik Valmund]] <br /><small>([[Sjealand|Grand Chancellor of Sjealand]])</small><br />
{{flagicon|Sjealand}} [[Erik Villemoes]] <br /><small>([[Sjealand|Sjealandic Minister of Defence]])</small><br />
{{flagicon|Sjealand}} [[Royal Sjealandic Defence|Karla de Ulborg]] <br /><small>([[Royal Sjealandic Defence|Chief of Defence]])</small><br />
{{flagicon|Sjealand}} [[Royal Sjealandic Army|Ulrik Ihlefeldt]] <br /><small>([[Royal Sjealandic Army|Chief of the Army Staff]])</small><br />
{{flagicon|Sjealand}} [[Royal Sjealandic Navy|Gustaf Manstrøm]] <br /><small>([[Royal Sjealandic Navy|Admiral of the Fleet]])</small><br />
{{flagicon|Sjealand}} [[Royal Sjealandic Air Force|Hjalmar Jønsson]] <br /><small>([[Royal Sjealandic Air Force|Chief of the Air Staff]])</small><br />
{{flagicon image|Nosdo.png}} [[West Aldinean Defence Organisation|Alf Erstad]] <br /><small>([[West Aldinean Defence Organisation|Marshal of the Sea of Njord]])</small><br />
| commander2  = {{flagicon|Ambrose}} '''[[John Frederick Cleburne]]''' <br /><small>([[President of Ambrose]])</small><br />
{{flagicon|Ambrose}} [[Ambrose|Lionel Sharpe]] <br /><small>([[Ambrose|Ambrosian Secretary of War]])</small><br />
{{flagicon|Ambrose}} [[Ambrosian Confederal Army|William Windom]] <br /><small>([[Ambrosian Confederal Army|Chief of the General Staff]])</small><br />
{{flagicon|Ambrose}} [[Ambrosian Confederal Navy|Ponsonby Becket]] <br /><small>([[Ambrosian Confederal Navy|Admiral of the Fleet]])</small><br />
{{flagicon|Ambrose}} [[Ambrosian Confederal Aerial Corps|Charles J. Munnerlyn]] <br /><small>([[Ambrosian Confederal Aerial Corps|Chief Air Marshal]])</small><br />
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{{flagicon image|Forsvaret.png}} [[Royal Sjealandic Defence]] <br>
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{{flagicon|Ambrose}} [[Ambrose|Confederal Armed Forces]] <br>
{{flagicon|Sazarin}} [[Sazarin|Sazarine Armed Forces]] <br>
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{{flagicon image|Flag_of_the_West_Russian_Volunteer_Army.svg}} [[Weichtal Home Army]] <br>
{{flagicon|North Alaouasem}} [[North Alaouasem|Alaouasem Defense Force]]
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The '''Aldinean Cold War''', sometimes referred to as the '''Ambrose-Sjealand Cold War''', '''Aldinean conflict''' or the '''Ambrose-Sjealand conflict''', is the ongoing struggle for influence and hegemony in [[Aldinea]], the [[Lazarene Sea]], as well as parts of [[Sirklant]] and [[Miklea]], between the [[Archkingdom of Sjealand]] and [[Ambrose|Ambrosian Confederal Republic]]. The two great powers are the leaders of two opposing alliance systems, with Sjealand leading the [[West Aldinean Defence Organisation]] and Ambrose the [[Golden Circle Pact]]. These blocs have provided varying degrees of involvement in {{wpl|proxy wars}} across [[Midgard]], including the [[War in Weichtal]] and the [[War in North Alaouasem]].
 
Beginning in the early 1970s with the [[War of the Njord]] and the [[Royal Question|Engatian Split]], the cold war has been waged on multiple levels over geopolitical, economic and cultural influence as both sides attempt to secure economic hegemony and political dominance over Aldinea. It has drawn significant lines between Aldinean states and even those abroad, as the two blocs have sought to extend their influence at the cost of the other. Its intensity has varied over the decades, with periods of {{wpl|détente}} in the late 1970s and early 2000s punctuated by outbreaks of violence such as the [[breakup of Valland|breakup]] of [[Valland]] and the [[2018 Aldinean crisis]]. 

Most observers draw a continuous line between the modern {{wpl|Cold war (general term)|cold war}} and the 400-year long [[Ambrose-Sjealand Relations|Ambro-Sjealandic rivalry]], though some distinguish the current conflict from its historical predecessors by noting its roots in the aftermath of the [[Second Continental War]]. Certain figures have attempted to paint the conflict along ideological lines (such as {{wpl|republicanism}} v. {{wpl|monarchism}}), though critics of this approach note that both [[West Aldinean Defence Organisation|WADO]] and the [[Golden Circle Pact|GCP]] have both lent support to monarchies and republics alike. Others instead assert that the conflict is essentially {{wpl|Historical materialism|materialistic}} in nature, reflecting the divide between {{wpl|globalization|globalised}}, traditionally-{{wpl|thalassocratic}} mercantile states and more insular, traditionally land-based states in favor of regional, not global, {{wpl|economic integration}}.

==History==
==Involved Parties==
==Involvement in regional conflicts==
==Nuclear conflict==