Search Result

Srl

Item

ID: 144771

Hybrid warfare in post-Soviet spaces, is there a logic behind? / Polese, Abel; Kevlihan, Rob ; Beacháin, Donnacha Ó

Polese, Abel	Article
	0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)

Summary/Abstract

Hybrid warfare, or whichever nomenclature one chooses to use, has emerged as one of the most innovative and popular instruments in contemporary international politics and is in no way limited to post-Soviet spaces. This special issue offers a multi-layered account of interstate and intrastate dynamics with respect to insurgent violence in the former Soviet Union over an extended period of time. The contributors explore both internal dynamics with respect to insurgencies and civil wars and the roles of external constituencies – whether through the use of hard power (for example in directly supporting insurgent groups) or soft power (through the power of international aid and strategic communications). Most importantly, however, they provide an insight into the complicated and diverse range of conflict-related situations and experiences relevant to Russia’s ‘near abroad’. This collection also offers nuance to accounts that seek to explain complicated dynamics in the former Soviet space with a single overarching realist or neorealist metanarrative that can occlude important insights to be derived from more multi-layered perspectives.

Key Words

Insurgency ; Russia ; Hybrid Warfare

Links

'Full Text'

In Basket

Export

ID: 159358

Limited statehood and its security implications on the fragmentation political order in the Middle East and north africa / Polese, Abel

Polese, Abel	Journal Article
	0 Rating(s) & 0 Review(s)

Summary/Abstract

The domestic dimension of sovereignty, or statehood, can take a number of shapes within a continuum punctuated by different degrees of state’s capacities. Stephen Krasner and Thomas Risse conceptualize statehood as the effective domestic dimension of sovereignty,1 1. Krasner and Risse, “External Actors.” View all notes thereby referring to the organization of public authority within a state and its level of effective control.

Key Words

Middle East ; North Africa ; Security Implications ; Fragmentation Political Order

Links

'Full Text'

In Basket

Export