Surrogate Warfare: Transformation Of War In The Twenty-First

Description: Surrogate Warfare : The Transformation of War in the Twenty-First Century explores the emerging phenomenon of "surrogate warfare" in twenty-first century conflict. The popular notion of war is that it is fought en masse by the people of one side versus the other. But the reality today is that both state and non-state actors are increasingly looking to shift the burdens of war to surrogates. Surrogate warfare describes a patron's outsourcing of the strategic, operational, or tactical burdens of warfare, in whole or in part, to human and/or technological substitutes in order to minimize the costs of war. This phenomenon ranges from arming rebel groups, to the use of armed drones, to cyber propaganda. Krieg and Rickli bring old, related practices such as war by mercenary or proxy under this new overarching concept. Apart from analyzing the underlying sociopolitical drivers that trigger patrons to substitute or supplement military action, this book looks at the intrinsic trade-offs between substitutions and control that shapes the relationship between patron and surrogate. Surrogate Warfare will be essential reading for anyone studying contemporary conflict.

Review: In Surrogate Warfare, Andreas Krieg and Jean-Marc Rickli offer a welcome discussion of the phenomenon of nation states farming out military and security responsibilities to 'surrogates.' * Michigan War Studies Review *

Contents: Contents List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction 1. The History of Surrogate Warfare 2. The Context of Neotrinitarian War 3. Conceptualizing Surrogate Warfare 4. Externalizing the Burden of War to the Machine 5. Patron-Surrogate Relations and the Problem of Control and Autonomy 6. Toward a Just Surrogate War 7. Iran's Externalization of Strategic Defense through Surrogate WarfareConclusion Bibliography IndexAbout the Authors



Author Biography: Andreas Krieg is an assistant professor at the School of Security Studies at King's College, London and co-founder of both the Near East Centre for Security and Strategy and the Private Military and Security Research Group at King's College. Jean-Marc Rickli is head of global risk and resilience at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and a research fellow at King's College, London.