Wojciech Michnik is assistant professor of international relations and security studies at Jagiellonian University. Spyridon Plakoudas is assistant professor of homeland security at Rabdan Academy (UAE).
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Acknowledgments Chapter I: Why the Kurds? Why Syria? Chapter II: The USA and Proxy Wars: From the Cold War to the Present Chapter III.: The Obama Administration and Proxy Warfare in Syria Chapter IV.: The Trump Administration and Proxy Warfare in Syria Chapter V: The Biden Presidency and the Syrian Kurds: Wither Rojava? Chapter VI: The USA - YPG/SDF Partnership: An Assessment Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Bibliography About the Authors
The continuing U.S.-Syrian Kurdish proxy warfare on the cheap against ISIS, Iran, and Syria plus involvement of Russia and Turkey, among others, is an important subject that deserves this richly documented analysis. Recommended. -- Michael M. Gunter, Tennessee Tech University Proxy Warfare on the Cheap offers a detailed look at a strategic partnership that for a short period of time took center stage in the Syrian war. As policy-makers are now increasingly focused on the resurgence of great power competition, be it in Europe or Asia, Plakoudas and Michnik remind us that understanding small wars, insurgencies, and hybrid conflicts is still critical. -- Jean-Loup Samaan, Senior Research Fellow, Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore