| Popis: |
The ongoing Ukrainian crisis began in 2014 with street protests, supported by Western states, to topple the pro-Russian government of Ukraine. The crisis evolved into the invasion and annexation of Crimea by Russia, ongoing conflicts between legal Ukrainian government troops and Russian-supported local separatists in eastern Ukraine. This article analyzes the crisis within the theory of proxy warfare, which emerged during the Cold War as the most prevalent method of competition between the US and the former Soviet Union. The paper argues that the Ukrainian crisis presents an example of proxy warfare between the West and Russia for global hegemony, and that its result will affect not just Eurasia but security world-wide. |
