Rivalry intervention in civil conflicts: Afghanistan (India-Pakistan), Angola (USSR-USA), and Lebanon (Israel-Syria)

This article focuses on international intervention into civil conflict by international rivals; that is, the phenomenon of two states, locked in a long-term and ongoing acrimonious relationship, intervening on opposing sides of a civil conflict occurring in a third party. International rivalry, it i...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inCanadian foreign policy journal Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 277 - 291
Main Author Mitton, John Logan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 02.09.2017
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Behavior
civil conflict
Civil war
Foreign policy
International conflict
International security
intervention
Military intervention
Rivalry
Lebanon
Afghanistan
Angola
Pakistan
United States > US
India
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:This article focuses on international intervention into civil conflict by international rivals; that is, the phenomenon of two states, locked in a long-term and ongoing acrimonious relationship, intervening on opposing sides of a civil conflict occurring in a third party. International rivalry, it is argued, is an ongoing strategic relationship in which the push of the past and the pull of the future engenders balancing behaviour vis à vis third-party civil conflicts. This argument is evaluated in the context of three cases of rivalry intervention: Afghanistan (India-Pakistan); Angola (USSR-USA); and Lebanon (Israel-Syria). While rivalry dynamics are not the sole motivator for intervention in each case, rivals do worry about the future, and as a result consider and assess the implications of their opponents' involvement in a civil conflict in the context of potential future confrontation.
Bibliography:ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 14
ISSN:1192-6422
2157-0817
DOI:10.1080/11926422.2017.1348957