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Proxy War: An Attempt to Put a Retrospective and Ambiguous Concept into a Specific Framework

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: There are two dominant perspectives in the literature regarding the concept of proxy war, which was forgotten in the post-Cold War era but is now regaining popularity. The group led by Karl Deutsch defines proxy war as the intervention of other states in a civil war in a country, and the situation where the civil war in question gains an interstate conflict nature. The other group argues that proxy war was a common form of warfare even before 1945. This study problematizes two perspectives. Accordingly, a new conceptual framework of proxy wars is constructed, aiming to eliminate the conceptual ambiguity caused by these two perspectives.

Source: The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations

DOI: 10.58699/tyir.1433340

Author: Uğur Pektaş

Institution: Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Üniversitesi

Language: English

Topic: Political Conflict and Governance

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4404486745

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