Choosing Sides and Sapping Rivals Through Proxy Warfare

• In Event: Models of Proxy Wars and Great Powers

Brief Overview

What should a state do if she sees her rival support one side of a conflict? I argue that a state that may either co-opt the rival’s proxy or combat the rival’s proxy. I model this decision as a team contest with inter- and intra-group competition.

Author

• Katherine Ingram, Princeton University