![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That includes any consensus on whether a proxy war relationship can only involve states (sponsors) supporting non-state proxies, or whether state actors can themselves be proxies of other states or non-state groups. One of the problems with studies of proxy warfare is that there is no agreed definition. More damning still, it denies the Ukrainians their own agency and belittles their own right to self-defence. While it does fit Putin’s role in provoking an insurgency in the Donbas and the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR), it fails to properly describe the inter-state war that is currently raging. In my opinion, is the term ‘proxy war’ is applicable to what is happening in Ukraine? In short, no. ![]()
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