TY - JOUR KW - non-transferable investments KW - proxy war KW - psychology of violence KW - Russian-Ukrainian conflict KW - volunteer battalions AU - Michael Komin AU - Alexander Vileykis AB -
The military conflict in Southeastern Ukraine provides vast research opportunities in most diverse areas and in a zone of ongoing combat with all its attendant social ramifications. This article provides a review of some key questions of this war: why volunteer battalions conduct some harmful and inhumane acts and what may be done next to prevent violence after the war. Because war creates big areas without any control, there are huge non-transferable investments, incidents like torturing civil people, etc. The authors try to explain what conditions may impact the behavior of battalions and what should the governments do after the war ends.
BT - Connections: The Quarterly Journal DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.11610/Connections.15.1.04 IS - 1 LA - eng N2 -The military conflict in Southeastern Ukraine provides vast research opportunities in most diverse areas and in a zone of ongoing combat with all its attendant social ramifications. This article provides a review of some key questions of this war: why volunteer battalions conduct some harmful and inhumane acts and what may be done next to prevent violence after the war. Because war creates big areas without any control, there are huge non-transferable investments, incidents like torturing civil people, etc. The authors try to explain what conditions may impact the behavior of battalions and what should the governments do after the war ends.
PY - 2016 SP - 57 EP - 71 T2 - Connections: The Quarterly Journal TI - ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’ Investments: Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Ukrainian Commanders but Were Afraid to Ask VL - 15 ER -