The War against the GLA, also known as the War of Liberation by the GLA, War on Terror or simply the GLA War, among other monikers, was a global conflict in 2013. It involved the two established superpowers of the modern world, the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, against a rising international quasi-terrorist organization, the Global Liberation Army, otherwise known as the GLA. The war was as much a fight against global terrorism as it was a quiet power struggle between the USA and China over global supremacy.