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Ukrainian troops practice urban operations on Sept. 22, 2021, during the Rapid Trident 2021 joint exercise near Lviv, Ukraine. Photo credit: SSG David Carnahan/Public Domain via DVIDS.
Editor’s Note: As the United States and its European allies funnel military aid to Ukraine, the conflict has taken on at least some dimensions of a proxy war—a subject Lawfare has addressed repeatedly. Vladimir Rauta of the University of Reading and Alexandra Stark of New America dissect this perspective, examining which aspects of the existing analysis on proxy war apply to Ukraine and, perhaps more importantly, which do not.
Daniel Byman
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Proxy wars proved a popular tool for U.S. and Soviet policymakers throughout the […]
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