cordon sanitaire
noun
cor·don sa·ni·taire
kȯr-ˌdōⁿ-sä-nē-ˈter 
: a protective barrier (as of buffer states) against a potentially aggressive nation or a dangerous influence (such as an ideology)
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More specifically, in Saxony and Thuringia, the cordon sanitaire around the AfD will mean that forming local governments in the two states will be difficult, and a strange compromise between the either the BSW or ‘Die Linke’ and the CDU may need to be found.
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Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
In both states, mainstream parties have limited the reach of extremists by forming a cordon sanitaire, or buffer, around their most dangerous actors.
—Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
The cordon sanitaire has previously helped to keep extremists out of government.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Then, in the twenty-tens, the cordon sanitaire began to break down.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 30 June 2023
Are those who want a cordon sanitaire against these sorts of cultural values without any foundation in reality?
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2010
Last year’s event operated largely behind a cordon sanitaire and without many foreign participants.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
Indeed, the very fact that the U.S. is sending troops to Romania and Poland, creating in effect a cordon sanitaire, shows that Biden is far more concerned about spillover from a war in Ukraine than Ukraine itself.
—Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2022
But no law requires that people fleeing political violence and natural disaster should be met by the militarized cordon sanitaire in South Texas.
—Alicia Schmidt Camacho, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2022
Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
In both states, mainstream parties have limited the reach of extremists by forming a cordon sanitaire, or buffer, around their most dangerous actors.
—Rachel Kleinfeld, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
The cordon sanitaire has previously helped to keep extremists out of government.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
Then, in the twenty-tens, the cordon sanitaire began to break down.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 30 June 2023
Are those who want a cordon sanitaire against these sorts of cultural values without any foundation in reality?
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2010
Last year’s event operated largely behind a cordon sanitaire and without many foreign participants.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
Indeed, the very fact that the U.S. is sending troops to Romania and Poland, creating in effect a cordon sanitaire, shows that Biden is far more concerned about spillover from a war in Ukraine than Ukraine itself.
—Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic, 11 Feb. 2022
But no law requires that people fleeing political violence and natural disaster should be met by the militarized cordon sanitaire in South Texas.
—Alicia Schmidt Camacho, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2022
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