Buffer zones: Anachronism, power vacuum, or confidence builder?
| Autor: | Rajan Menon, Jack Snyder |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
021110 strategic
defence & security studies Buffer zone Sociology and Political Science 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 02 engineering and technology 050601 international relations Buffer (optical fiber) 0506 political science Power (social and political) Work (electrical) Political economy Political science Political Science and International Relations Anachronism |
| Zdroj: | Review of International Studies. 43:962-986 |
| ISSN: | 1469-9044 0260-2105 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0260210517000122 |
| Popis: | Amidst calls for containing an assertive Russia, politicians and pundits have been debating whether Ukraine should serve as a ‘buffer zone’ between the Russian and Western spheres of influence. These debates provide an opportunity to revisit the long and varied history of major powers’ efforts to manage buffer zones. We draw on this history to learn the conditions under which buffer zones succeed or fail to stabilise regions, how buffers are most successfully managed, and when alternative arrangements for borderlands work better. |
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