Proxy Warfare on the Cheap

The Partnership between the USA and the Syrian Kurds

AvWojciech Michnik,Spyridon Plakoudas

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Del i serien Kurdish Societies, Politics, and International Relations

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Beskrivning

This book illuminates on the US strategy of proxy warfare in modern times with the Syrian Civil War as a case study. Spyridon Plakoudas and Wojtek Michnik fuse modern history with international relations and strategic studies in order to offer an up-to-date and critical analysis of this unique partnership between a state (USA) and a non-state actor (Syrian Kurds) against another non-state actor (ISIS) - amidst the wider Syrian civil war. They argue that this partnership ended up as a double-edged sword: on the one hand, it defeated ISIS at a minimum cost in money and blood in comparison to the Iraq War, but, on the other hand, it ensnared the USA into a tangled web of competition and conflict with other powers with no easy way-out. In other words, proxy warfare may prove a not-so-cheap investment in the end.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-14
Mått:162 x 237 x 14 mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Kurdish Societies, Politics, and International Relations
Antal sidor:134
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793624864

Utforska kategorier

Internationella relationer inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Wojciech Michnik is assistant professor of international relations and security studies at Jagiellonian University. Spyridon Plakoudas is assistant professor of homeland security at Rabdan Academy (UAE).

Recensioner i media

The continuing U.S.-Syrian Kurdish proxy warfare on the cheap against ISIS, Iran, and Syria plus involvement of Russia and Turkey, among others, is an important subject that deserves this richly documented analysis. Recommended.

Innehållsförteckning

AcknowledgmentsChapter I: Why the Kurds? Why Syria?Chapter II: The USA and Proxy Wars: From the Cold War to the PresentChapter III.: The Obama Administration and Proxy Warfare in SyriaChapter IV.: The Trump Administration and Proxy Warfare in SyriaChapter V: The Biden Presidency and the Syrian Kurds: Wither Rojava?Chapter VI: The USA – YPG/SDF Partnership: An AssessmentAppendix 1Appendix 2Appendix 3BibliographyAbout the Authors