Answer: Irregular warfare
____ is a violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant population(s).
For example I would unhesitatingly call the French Resistance struggles "irregular warfare" yet they aren't " violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant population ( s )". I would also question whether the American-Indian wars fall under that definition yet they are listed as examples.
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