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Proxy War Ethics: The Norms of Partnering in Great Power Competition
About this book
While proxy relationships can be an effective means international actors use to transfer risk and lower their costs to compete, they also enable actors to circumvent international norms as well as create moral hazards that can make the practice self-defeating if not simply unethical. Applying the framework of the Just War Tradition, this book highlights some of these ethical gaps and addresses how proxy relationships introduce additional obligations for both sponsor and proxy. The author examines specific examples of how current precedents set a very high bar for accountability, and perversely incentivizes sponsors to employ proxies while discouraging any effort to moderate proxy behavior since that could imply effective control. In light of this, the book offers policy recommendations on how to best manage these relationships while maintaining certain moral commitments.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- 1.Ā The Nature of Proxy Relationships and Their Ethics
- 2.Ā A Brief History of Proxy Warfare Part I: Ancient to Modern
- 3.Ā A Brief History of Proxy War Part II: The Cold War
- 4.Ā Jus Ad Bellum and the Implications for Proxy Warfare
- 5.Ā Mitigating the Moral Hazards of Proxy Warfare
- 6.Ā Conclusion: Applying the Proxy Moral Framework
- Back Matter