Proxy Wars from a Global Perspective: Non-State Actors and Armed Conflicts

Proxy warfare is a growing international phenomenon due to the evolving regional and global security architecture. This book examines how states use non-state actors as proxies in their armed conflicts, focusing on the last decade's conflicts. It offers a re-evaluation of contemporary understanding of outsourced warfare and has policy implications for how we understand and negotiate with states using proxy warfare in the future.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Proxy warfare is a rapidly escalating global phenomenon that has been prevalent in armed conflicts for centuries. However, the evolving regional and global security architecture is prompting states to fundamentally alter their approach to contemporary conflicts. This comprehensive reassessment, based on ten case studies, delves into the evolving global and systemic factors that shape states' utilization of non-state actors as proxies in their armed conflicts. By examining the use of proxy warfare across the world, with a specific focus on the conflicts of the past decade, this volume brings together contributions from scholars of international relations and global security studies. These scholars explore cases of armed conflict of regional and global significance, including recent developments in Israel and Palestine, the Central African Republic, Libya, Mali, Central Asia, Syria, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Brazil, and Yemen. By integrating theory and practice, this volume offers a re-evalution of contemporary understanding of outsourced warfare, with significant policy implications for how we engage with states employing proxy warfare in the future.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781350369283