Sentence examples for establish a buffer state from inspiring English sources
Fearing its own instability, China could send troops into North Korea and establish a buffer state between it and South Korea.
It wants to establish a buffer state in the south, perhaps to be called Jubaland, in order better to protect its national interests.
Originally established as a buffer state, Uruguay is deeply dependent on its trading partners Brazil and Argentina.
Some critics had accused the Turkish government of wanting to establish a buffer zone in northern Syria to weaken the growing Kurdish autonomy in the region.
Kenya sent its troops into Somalia last month to establish a buffer zone following a spate of kidnappings blamed on al-Shabab.
Operation Free Sinjar aims to cordon off the town, take control of IS supply routes and establish a buffer zone to protect the town from artillery.
The Kurds will also receive air support to establish a buffer along Syria's border with Turkey, putting pressure on Syrian armed forces around Aleppo to the West.
Uniting Rojava's cantons would establish a buffer between ISIS and Turkey, limiting the flow of recruits and weapons to Islamic State fighters.
The Abbess of a neighboring enclosed order of nuns suggested establishing the community as a "buffer state" that would exist "between the Abbey and the world, a reflection, a benevolent and useful parasite, an intermediary form of life".
Later, the Hittite conqueror Suppiluliumas (c. 1375 35 bc) established his son as king of the city, which he used as a buffer state against Assyria, Mitanni, and Egypt.
