Acountry wants to spread its political system to all of its neighboring countries. however, it knows that if it uses its military to overthrow neighboring governments, it will face a massive retaliation from their powerful allies. instead, it secretly trains and funds rebel groups in neighboring countries in the hopes that they will be able to overthrow their governments. this type of policy is most similar to which cold war idea?

The correct answer is - Proxy wars.

During the Cold War period, the so called proxy wars, used by the United States and the Soviet Union, were a very common thing. In this type of war, the country itself doesn't involve its military in a direct way, but instead it hires people in the country of interest, and also infiltrates its own people. They fund, train, propagate, and that is in order so that they can take down a government without being directly military involved, as that will mean that they will face sanctions.

whose power in the senate is equal to the power of the speaker of the house?