Proxy Warfare in Ukraine

Abstract

Abstract 
 
 
 
 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.