Proxy War: An Attempt to Put a Retrospective and Ambiguous Concept into a Specific Framework

Year 2024, , 47 - 65, 11.12.2024

Uğur Pektaş

https://doi.org/10.58699/tyir.1433340

Abstract

There are two dominant perspectives in the literature regarding the concept of proxy war, which was forgotten in the post-Cold War era but is now regaining popularity. The group led by Karl Deutsch defines proxy war as the intervention of other states in a civil war in a country, and the situation where the civil war in question gains an interstate conflict nature. The other group argues that proxy war was a common form of warfare even before 1945. This study problematizes two perspectives. Accordingly, a new conceptual framework of proxy wars is constructed, aiming to eliminate the conceptual ambiguity caused by these two perspectives.

Keywords

Proxy War, Indirect Intervention, Civil War

Vekalet Savaşı: Retrospektif ve Belirsiz Bir Kavramı Belli Bir Çerçeveye Koyma Denemesi

Abstract

Soğuk Savaş sonrası dönemde unutulan ama günümüzde tekrar rağbet gören vekalet savaşı kavramına ilişkin literatürde iki hâkim bakış açısının olduğu söylenebilir. Karl Deutsch’un başını çektiği grup, bir ülkedeki iç savaşa diğer devletlerin müdahale etmesini ve sözkonusu ülkedeki iç savaşın devletler arası bir çatışma niteliği kazandığı durumları vekalet savaşı olarak nitelendirmiştir. Diğer grup ise, vekalet savaşının 1945 öncesinde de yaygın görülen bir savaş biçimi olduğunu savunmuştur. Bu çalışmada söz konusu iki bakış açısı sorunsallaştırılmıştır. Bu doğrultuda çalışmada, yeni bir vekalet savaşı kavramsal çerçevesi inşa edilerek sözkonusu iki bakış açısının yol açtığı kavramsal belirsizlik giderilmeye çalışılmıştır.

Keywords

Vekalet Savaşı, Dolaylı Müdahale, İç Savaş

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