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Tertius gaudens refers to a situation in which one party benefits from a conflict among two others. The term is often attributed to the German sociologist Georg Simmel. It is a Latin term which means “a rejoicing third.” It means that a third party will have benefits when two other people are in some dispute. In other words, tertius gaudens refers to a situation in which one party benefits from a conflict among two others.


Cui bono - literally "to whose profit?", is a Latin phrase which is still in use as a key forensic question in legal and police investigation: finding out who has a motive for a crime. It is an adage that is used either to suggest a hidden motive or to indicate that the party responsible for something may not be who it appears at first to be.


Divide and rule - In politics and sociology, divide and rule (or divide and conquer) is gaining and maintaining power by breaking up larger concentrations of power into pieces that individually have less power than the one implementing the strategy. The concept refers to a strategy that breaks up existing power structures and prevents smaller power groups from linking up.