N-COUNT [usually singular]三人领导小组;三头政治;三国集团 Journalists sometimes refer to a group of three powerful politicians or states as a troika . 三人领导小组;三头政治;三国集团
...leader of the troika of past, present and future presidents. [+ of]
前总统、现任总统与继任总统组成的三驾马车
The press regard her as merely one of a ruling troika.