Second Cold War

The Second Cold War is a political-military crisis that takes place during the events in Infinite Stratos: Cold War. Mostly caused spearheaded by the Infinite Stratos Crisis in 2044, the world powers have divided themselves once again in a new arms race to build more Infinite Stratos suits, between the North Atlantic Nations Organization (NANO), and the Collective Pacific Treaty (CPT). Following them, is the global terrorist organization known as Phantom Task, who believe the IS to be too dangerous for the powers to control and wish to regulate them themselves. They were responsible for most of the proxy conflicts raging on, as well as a numerous attacks and IS captures.

Much like the previous Cold War, little armed conflict between NANO and CPT have taken place. Despite the Alaska Treaty preventing the use of Infinite Stratos in military conflicts, most nations seemed to have disregarded the treaty as ambiguous sightings of IS during proxy wars began to spread through out. Despite being the accused instigator, Japan and its IS Academy remain totally neutral from the two powers, acting as an iron curtain for them, hosting tournaments and such.