The phrase "a state of cold war" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a prolonged period of political tension and hostility between countries, particularly without direct military conflict.
Example: "The two nations have been in a state of cold war for decades, with neither side willing to compromise on key issues."
Alternatives: "a condition of cold war" or "a phase of cold war".
Both the Japanese navy and army were mobilised, but for the moment an uneasy state of cold war persisted.
Nor did the Administration, many of whose members date from the previous Bush regime, seem to understand that this is not your father's Seoul: far from being the dictatorial client state of Cold War times, South Korea is now a vibrant democracy, with notions of its own.
This is an uneasy truce, a state of legal cold war that has been reached after a vicious legal tussle over nearly two decades between two alcohol giants, one French and allied with the Cuban government – Pernod Ricard – the other based in the US.
The divided region became a focus of Cold War tensions.
Robin McKie in The Guardian states that Oreskes and Conway deserve considerable praise for exposing the influence of a small group of Cold War ideologues.
First of all, it was the first NATO summit between the leaders of the North-American and Western European states, and Eastern European states, states that were finally, after decades of Cold War tensions, together in the same alliance.
The term is used to describe a murky group of operatives connected to the military that is thought to have waged an extrajudicial battle against perceived enemies of the state dating back to the time of Cold War.
This comparative analysis brings to the fore the various motives behind the foreign investments in the African nation-building projects in an era dominated by Cold War antagonism, as well as the diverse strategies deployed by African states to turn the competing networks of Cold War solidarity to their own advantage.
The looming threat of nuclear annihilation is over thanks to the development of super reliable air defences but this has only led to an endless state of paranoid cold war.
