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Surrogate Warfare in the Era of Great Power Competition
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Description
Redefining surrogate warfare, where states outsource conflict to non-state actors, Leontine von Felbert provides a structured framework to analyse and categorise their use. Examining how and why the US and Russia rely on surrogates in their ongoing competition, focusing on the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria, and exploring the key traits of surrogates and the conditions that most contribute to strategic success in great power rivalries. Introducing a network-based approach, this book demonstrates how effective management and coordination of surrogates are crucial for control and influence.
In highlighting how forming surrogate relationships can be a strategic goal in itself, this book shows how success in surrogate warfare can depend on aligning goals across the network, fostering long-term partnerships, selecting the right surrogates, and adapting support based on their needs.
Table of Contents
Chapter 2: Great Power Competition
Chapter 3: Conceptual Framework
Chapter 4: Russian Grand Strategy
Chapter 5: Russian Use of Surrogates in Syria
Chapter 6: Russian Use of Surrogates in Ukraine
Chapter 7: US Grand Strategy
Chapter 8: US Use of Surrogates in Syria
Chapter 9: US Use of Surrogates in Ukraine
Chapter 10: Findings
Chapter 11: Conclusion
Bibliography
Product details
| Published | 18 Mar 2027 |
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| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 272 |
| ISBN | 9781350592940 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Studies in Contemporary Warfare |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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'Von Felbert takes surrogate warfare where it needed to go: from dyads to networks, and from battlefield outcomes to the slower accumulation of influence that actually decides great power competition. Her mirrored case studies of Russia and the United States in Syria and Ukraine are rigorous and quietly damning. Prevailing in great power competition, she shows, requires not great power but strategic influence via surrogate networks. Essential reading.'
Andreas Krieg, King's College London, UK

























