Open AccessAnti-government Non-state Armed Actors in the Conflict in Eastern Ukraine
Author(s) -
Tomáš Šmíd,
Alexandra Šmídová
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mezinárodní vztahy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2570-9429
pISSN - 0323-1844
DOI - 10.32422/mv-cjir.1778
Subject(s) - phenomenon , state (computer science) , political science , government (linguistics) , period (music) , armed conflict , political economy , geography , economy , sociology , epistemology , computer science , law , economics , philosophy , aesthetics , linguistics , algorithm
This article presents the main ANSA involved in the conflict in Eastern Ukraine. It focusses on an analysis of the specific phenomenon of the opolchentsy - Narodnoe opolchenie Donbassa. The aim of this paper is to introduce and describe these actors and to ground them in certain theoretical conceptions. The paper also tracks the changing motivations of the various ANSA brought under the umbrella of the quasi-state actor NOD throughout the conflict, and the changing array of formations that made up the opolchenie during a particular period of time. Evidently, the opolchenie do not fit into the usual classifications of ANSA.