His most recent work is on proxy wars and that's the topic of his most recently published book, titled "Sovereignty, War, and the Global State."ġ:05 KS: Dylan, thanks for joining Big World.ġ:08 KS: Wonderful. Dylan is a professor in the School of International Service. I'm Kay Summers, and I'm joined by Dylan Craig. And then when the stated goal has been achieved, or the parties have exhausted all their resources, a truce of some type has been declared.Ġ:36 KS: But what happens in the modern world when a country is powerful enough not to fight its own battles? What happens when a nation wants to achieve a stated goal through violence, but they don't want to fight the fight themselves? Today, we're talking about proxy wars.
That conflict has usually involved weapons and death for at least some of the parties involved.
Since the beginning of recorded history, and probably before, whenever two groups of people couldn't agree, there has been conflict. He explains why proxy wars are a “rediscovered classic” rather than a recent development in international affairs (3:34) and breaks down whether or not most modern conflicts are proxy wars (5:18).Ĭan the American Revolution be considered a proxy war (7:47)? Why do states engage in proxy warfare in the first place (14:41)? Professor Craig answers these questions and explains what “winning” a modern-day proxy war looks like in an era of “endless wars” (16:56).įinally, Professor Craig examines the ethical considerations for a state when engaging in proxy warfare (19:00) and discusses the role of non-state actors in modern conflicts, including the US presence in Afghanistan and Iraq (21:41).ĭuring our “Take Five” segment, Professor Craig tells us the five things he would do to reduce the prevalence of proxy wars around the world (10:30).Ġ:07 Kay Summers: From the School of International Service at American University in Washington, this is Big World, where we talk about something in the world that truly matters.
Professor Craig provides an expansive understanding of proxy warfare and how a proxy war differs from a traditional war or armed conflict (2:01). What happens when a country is powerful enough not to fight its own battles? In this episode, SIS professor Dylan Craig joins Big World to discuss proxy warfare.
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