Rebel Militias in Eastern Ukraine: From Leaderless Groups to Proxy Army

This book extends principal-agent theory to the case of pro-Russian rebel militias in Eastern Ukraine.

Russia’s war in Ukraine demonstrates the much-discussed relations between the principal (Russia) and agent (rebel militias) in Eastern Ukraine. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine in 2014 was a frontal challenge to the post-Cold War European regional order, and since 2022 it has offered a challenge to the global order. Filling the gap in the literature on indirect warfare and insurgencies, ...