It's a country that's not in dispute (7,5)
I believe the answer is:
neutral power
'not in dispute' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.
'it's a country' is the wordplay.
'it's a' becomes 'neutral' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'country' becomes 'power' (power is a kind of country).
'neutral'+'power'='NEUTRAL POWER'
'that's' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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