Quote Originally Posted by davidbfpo View Post
A short article, which points towards the author's new book and they explain:
Link:https://defenceindepth.co/2017/06/28...-state-actors/
Yes, I read this article yesterday. A couple of interesting points that lean more toward Galeotti than Goble in perspective:

However, paramilitary troops on both sides have subsequently become an obstacle to effective and efficient military operations, resisting efforts to either integrate them into regular armed forces or disband them...

A variety of other non-state and sub-state actors have either been involved in or impacted by the ongoing crisis in Ukraine and the book also examines the role of the Russian diaspora in Ukraine, civil society (which Laura Clearly asserts has generally been classed as apathetic, weak and ineffectual) and the Russian approach to sub-state actors across the post-Soviet space.