Rebel Militias in Eastern Ukraine

From Leaderless Groups to Proxy Army

Martin Laryš (Charles University, Prague)

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English

Routledge
27 August 2024

Peace studies & conflict resolution; Military history; International relations; Armed conflict; Warfare & defence

Series: Routledge Studies in Civil Wars and Intra-State Conflict

This book extends principal-agent theory to the case of pro-Russian rebel militias in Eastern Ukraine.

Russia’s war in Ukraine demonstrates the much-discussed relations between the principal (Russia) and agent (rebel militias) in Eastern Ukraine. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014 was a frontal challenge to the post-Cold War European regional order, and since 2022 it has offered a challenge to the global order. Filling the gap in the literature on indirect warfare and insurgencies, this book offers systematic insights into structures and relations within the leaderless rebellion in the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts. It introduces the concept of the delegation of leaderless rebellion, based on the argument that it is a specific kind of rebellion when local elites do not actively participate as the leaders of the rebellion. Random people, without any fighting or political experience and with no social embeddedness, become rebel commanders, which means the principal – Russia – faces serious challenges but also benefits from opportunities to exercise complete control over the rebel forces and administration.

This book will be of much interest to students of civil wars and insurgencies, political violence, Eastern European politics, and international relations in general.

By: Martin Laryš (Charles University Prague)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 535g
ISBN: 9781032710907
ISBN 10: 103271090X
Series: Routledge Studies in Civil Wars and Intra-State Conflict
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 27 August 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Martin Laryš is a researcher at the Institute of Political Studies (IPS), Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. He has a PhD from Charles University and is co-author of Militant Right-Wing Extremism in Putin’s Russia: Legacies, Forms and Threats (2019).