Context: For 36 years, NATO and the Warsaw Pact never directly waged war against each other in Europe; the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies implemented strategic policies aimed at the containment of each other in Europe, while working and fighting for influence within the wider Cold War on the international stage.

Question: What was the focus of both alliances' policies towards the other in lieu of direct fighting?
Answer: containment

Question: Which continent was considered to be at the center of NATO/Warsaw Pact intrigues?
Answer: Europe

Question: Who waged war against each other for 36 years?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: NATO and the US never waged what against each other?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who created strategic policies aimed at containment?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who fought for influence during WWII?
Answer: Unanswerable