1. Non-State Militias and Borderlands in Eastern Ukraine
- Author:
- Kimberly Marten
- Publication Date:
- 09-2015
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
- Abstract:
- Kimberly Marten considers the role that freewheeling private militias have played, both in the war in eastern Ukraine and in Ukraine’s politics more generally. While militias supplemented the Ukrainian army’s firepower, especially in the early phase of the war, we know from the experience of other countries that autonomous armed groups can also challenge the authority of the state and undermine its efficacy. How might militias shape Ukraine political trajectory and shape its security?
- Topic:
- International Relations, International Security, Non State Actors, and Geopolitics
- Political Geography:
- Ukraine and Eastern Europe