The Internationalization of Conflicts: Theoretical Background, Conceptualization, and Contemporary Middle-East Region
Journal Title: Vojenske rozhledy - Year 2017, Vol 26, Issue 0
Abstract
This article deals with the research of the internationalization of conflicts, trying to examine this phenomenon from the theoretical perspective and as a definition. Then the term of internationalization of conflict is conceptualized in order to be applied to a chosen internationalized internal armed conflict. The text also deals with various actors intervening in the internationalized conflict. They are divided into external and internal actors, while their interventions during civil war can be multilateral or unilateral. The concept of the conflict internationalization is also compared with the concept of the proxy war. The closeness of both terms can be confusing for many researchers and their division is one of the important outcomes of this article. At the end, two case studies of Syrian and Yemeni civil wars are introduced to the reader in the framework of the conflict internationalization concept.
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Josef Kraus
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- DOI 10.3849/2336-2995.26.2017.05.023-032
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