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Proxy war, a military conflict in which one or more third parties directly or indirectly support one or more state or nonstate combatants in an effort to influence the conflict’s outcome and thereby to advance their own strategic interests or to undermine those of their opponents.
This is a list of proxy wars. Major powers have been highlighted in bold. A proxy war is defined as "a war fought between groups of smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers, and may have help and support from these".
In political science, a proxy war is an armed conflict fought between two belligerents, wherein at least one of the belligerents, whether a state or a non-state actor, [citation needed] is supported by an external third-party power. In the term proxy war, a belligerent with external support is the proxy; both belligerents in a proxy war can be ...
Today, the United States is engaged in multiple proxy wars: supplying arms to the Ukrainians to repel and degrade the Russian military; supplying arms to Israel so it can dismantle Hamas (an Iranian proxy); and directly confronting a wider array of Iranian proxies in Syria, Iraq, and the Red Sea.
A proxy war occurs when a major power instigates or plays a major role in supporting and directing a party to a conflict but does only a small portion of the actual fighting itself.
It offers insights into the array of forms that proxy wars can take, identifies shortfalls in how such conflicts are currently conceptualized, and offers recommendations to update U.S. military doctrine to prepare for this more prevalent and likely form of armed conflict in this century. Types of Relationships in Proxy Wars
The term proxy war continues to be used both too broadly and too vaguely. In Chapter 2, I lay out the constitutive elements of proxy war (its ontology) and explain how it fits into the context of indirect military intervention. Proxy war involves (at least) two actors—an intervening state and its proxy—cooperating to achieve some common ...
Proxy wars refer to conflicts where two or more opposing powers support rival factions or non-state actors, circumventing direct military engagement. This tactic allows countries to pursue strategic objectives indirectly while minimizing risks associated with traditional warfare.
Explore the intricacies of proxy wars, from their key characteristics to notable historical examples. Understand their impact on global politics and future conflicts.
Explaining state sponsorship as foreign policy. Many scholars portray proxy war as a low-cost strategy (Duner Citation 1981; Bar-Siman-Tov Citation 1984; Loveman Citation 2002; Salehyan Citation 2010; Hughes Citation 2014; Mumford Citation 2013).The argument goes that the immediate costs of war, that is, the burning of resources and increasing casualties, hinder direct military interventions ...