For 36 years, NATO and the Warsaw Pact never directly waged war against each other in <answer>Europe</answer>; the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies implemented strategic policies aimed at the containment of each other in <answer>Europe</answer>, while working and fighting for influence within the wider Cold War on the international stage.
Which continent was considered to be at the center of NATO/Warsaw Pact intrigues?
Europe