Hybrid Warriors Proxies, Freelancers and Moscow's Struggle for Ukraine
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Biographical note
Anna Arutunyan is a Russian-American journalist, author and analyst. She covered the 2014 war for USA Today from Crimea and Donetsk, and has since analysed the conflict for the International Crisis Group. Her book 'The Putin Mystique: Inside Russia’s Power Cult' was published in over a dozen languages.‘In her illuminating, well-researched book, Arutunyan sets out a nuanced argument about the Donbas conflict.'
Financial Times
'Anna Arutunyan's 'Hybrid Warriors' offers an in-depth account of the first days of Russia's covert invasion of Ukraine in 2014 that... sheds new light on the roots of today's war.'
- Foreign Policy,
‘Truly one of the most insightful books released this year … [Hybrid Warriors] is sharp, incisive, insightful, and presents a much-needed complex and nuanced look at what is assumed to be a well-known story.’
- Diplomatic Courier,
‘[This book] combines a deeply textured knowledge of ground-level politics with a well-theorised sense of how Putin’s regime works.’
- Inside Story,
'Arutunyan challenges boldly old dogmas and new stereotypes, and the book makes a valuable contribution to examining the murky and often neglected environment of the war, which needs to be rehabilitated for building sustainable peace.'
- Journal of Peace Research,
‘Excellent.’
- OBC TransEuropa,
'Well-researched … Arutunyan’s book is likely the most in-depth attempt at investigating and defining the role of Girkin/Strelkov in the Donbas War.'
- New Eastern Europe,
'A nuanced and deeply researched account of the origins of the Russian-Ukrainian antagonism. The most subtle and detailed analysis of Russia's policy toward Ukraine yet written. Hybrid Warriors is an indispensable book for understanding Russia's march toward war.'
- Christopher Miller, Assistant Professor of International History, Tufts University, and author of 'Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia',
'A masterful account putting a human face to a conflict ravaging Europe. Arutunyan's gripping prose and the people's stories she tells add nuance and depth to our understanding of Russia's bid to conquer Ukraine.'
- Dimitar Bechev, Lecturer in Russian and Eastern European Studies, University of Oxford, and Visiting Scholar, Carnegie Europe,
'Two excellent books in one. Arutunyan's approach differs from previous explanations of the 2014 "Russian Spring" by combining the machinations of various policy entrepreneurs and factions in a decentralised Kremlin with the agency of the Donbas rebels. She shows how the awkward compromises between them had broken down by 2022, setting the stage for the current war.'
- Andrew Wilson, Professor of Ukrainian Studies, University College London,
'A detailed and thoroughly researched account of Russia's policy towards Ukraine. Showing the links between the Kremlin, Russia's "policy entrepreneurs" and local activists, it demonstrates that what may look like conspiracy from a distance can often seem like chaos up close. Essential reading.'
- Kadri Liik, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations,