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Conflict And The Need For A Theory Of Proxy Warfare, Amos C. Fox
Conflict And The Need For A Theory Of Proxy Warfare, Amos C. Fox
Journal of Strategic Security
Modern conflict is dominated by proxy wars but the United States military fails to account for this type of environment. Instead, it speaks euphemistically by using phrases like, By, With, and Through to articulate the complexities of proxy environments. In doing so, it falls short in understanding the dynamics at work between actors in a proxy relationship, which has resulted in it doing poorly in modern proxy wars. Therefore, the United States military should embrace proxy warfare from a theoretical standpoint and develop a resultant proxy warfare doctrine. Proxy environments - dominated by principal-agent problems, the oppression of time, and …
Delegated Interstate War: Introducing An Addition To Armed Conflict Typologies, Jakob Hauter
Delegated Interstate War: Introducing An Addition To Armed Conflict Typologies, Jakob Hauter
Journal of Strategic Security
Drawing the dividing line between civil and interstate war can be a difficult task. This task is made even more difficult by a gap in the current typology of armed conflict. The conflict studies literature in general and the coding rules of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program in particular acknowledge that internal conflict can involve external actors but ignore that interstate conflict can be disguised as internal rebellion. This creates an unnecessary risk of categorization errors and a risk of neglecting the potential complexity of interstate conflict in the modern world. This article uses Idean Salehyan's distinction between intervention and …