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Local Conflicts and Bipolar Stability: When the Tail Wags the Dog
What is the central argument of “Local Conflicts and Bipolar Stability”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets?
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Original DFM publication · DFM Analysis report · 2025-09-17
One of the most significant interpretive issues of the Cold War concerns the nature of peripheral conflicts that marked the post-1945 international order. The label of “proxy wars” has become conventional to describe conflicts such as Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East, and Afghanistan.
According to this view, the superpowers deliberately used local theatres as indirect instruments to test one another’s strength while avoiding direct confrontation. Yet this perspective risks oversimplifying historical dynamics that were in fact more complex.
This analysis answers: What is the central argument of “Local Conflicts and Bipolar Stability”, and why does it matter for European defence and dual-use markets? What does this mean for European defence funding, procurement and investment decisions? How mature and defensible is the position described in “Local Conflicts and Bipolar Stability”? Which European actors, programmes and funding instruments are most exposed?
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- Yet this perspective risks oversimplifying historical dynamics that were in fact more complex.
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What is Local Conflicts and Bipolar Stability: When the Tail Wags the Dog?
The label of “proxy wars” has become conventional to describe conflicts such as Korea, Vietnam, the Middle East, and Afghanistan.
Why does Local Conflicts and Bipolar Stability: When the Tail Wags the Dog matter for European defence?
According to this view, the superpowers deliberately used local theatres as indirect instruments to test one another’s strength while avoiding direct confrontation.
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