Proxy wars from a global perspective : non-state actors and armed conflicts / edited by Pawel Bernat, Cüneyt Gürer, Cyprian Aleksander Kozera.

Other author Bernat, Pawel, editor.
Other author Gürer, Cüneyt, editor.
Other author Kozera, Cyprian Aleksander, editor.
Format Book
PublicationLondon ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
Copyright Date©2024
Descriptionxvii, 266 pages ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction : the necessity for a global perspective on proxy warfare / Paweł Bernat, Cüneyt Gürer, Cyprian Aleksander Kozera -- Toward conceptualization of contemporary proxy warfare / Paweł Bernat and Cyprian Aleksander Kozera -- US proxy warfare's new and complex paradigm / Richard D. Newton -- States and non-state actors interacting in conflict : explaining state use of proxies / Cüneyt Gürer -- Russian proxy use in the hybrid war against Ukraine before the 2022 invasion / Paweł Bernat, Viacheslav Semenenko, Pavlo Openko and Daniel Michalski -- Ukraine's legionnaires in the war against Russia / Tamir Sinai -- Insurgencies in Africa and the Middle East and the future of the proxy warfare in the region / Jeffrey Kaplan -- Proxy warfare in Mali : new rendition of divide et impera and cautious French Saviorism / Cyprian Aleksander Kozera -- The bifurcation of violence : the proxy forces in the Central African Republic / Błażej Popławski -- Libya : fragmentation of the country amid a proxy war / Mehmet Alper Sozer and Emirhan Darcan -- The spheres of influence : multiple proxy wars in Syria / Engin Yüksel -- Iran's hybrid proxy warfare through palestinian terrorism against Israel / Ori Wertman and Christian Kaunert -- The conflict in Yemen through the prism of proxy war / James K. Wither -- When proxies win : the impact of the Taliban's changing fortune on Pakistan's leverage / Tova Norlen and Vinay Kaura -- Transnational organized crime groups as state proxies / Ümit Namli and Cüneyt Gürer -- The salience of the new proxy war paradigm / Graeme Herd.
Abstract "Proxy warfare is a growing international phenomenon. Although states have used proxies in armed conflicts for centuries, evolving regional and global security architecture is now forcing states to radically change the way contemporary conflicts are fought. Based on ten case studies, this reassesses exactly how these changing global and systemic factors are shaping the ways in which states use non-state actors as proxies in their armed conflicts. Examining the use of proxy warfare worldwide, focusing on the last decade's conflicts, this volume brings together contributions from scholars of international relations and global security studies in order to explore cases of armed conflict of particular regional and global significance. These include recent developments in the conflict in Israel and Palestine, the Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, Central Asia, Syria, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Brazil and Yemen. By drawing on both theory and practise, it offers a re-evaluation of contemporary understanding of "outsourced warfare", with policy implications for how we understand and negotiate with states using proxy warfare in the future"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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