What is the analogous position in a state government

Even though both ww1 and ww2 were in many ways the same conflict with basically the same countries facing off against each other, the way each war started was significantly different. the question is how what were the differences on how they started

Which areas where seperated by the iron curtain

Two gymnastics teams are intense rivals. the first team has started recruiting new gymnasts from different cities and even foreign countires in an effort to build a stronger team. after learning this, the secondteam begins its own recruitment campaign to find better gymnasts. over a period of months, each team recruits dozens of players, each time trying to find a better recruit than its rivals most recent addition. which idea from the cold war is most similar to this scenario