THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AND RUSSIA’S WAGNER GROUP: A PRINCIPAL-AGENT ANALYSIS OF THE COSTS OF PROXY USE IN CIVIL CONFLICT

Author

Jasmine McCastler

Date of Award

2025

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Hicks, Barbara

Area of Concentration

International and Area Studies with Spanish Language and Literature

Abstract

This thesis presents an in-depth qualitative case study of the use of a foreign proxy, the Russia-based Wagner group, in civil conflict in the Central African Republic. The analysis is set in the principal-agent theory to examine this specific case of how states contract Private Security Companies and Private Military Companies and the dynamics that emerge from these relationships. Those dynamics ultimately shaped Russia’s foreign policy agenda in the Central African Republic and goals for the region as well as the limitations the government of CAR had to accept for this proxy support.

Recommended Citation

McCastler, Jasmine, "THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AND RUSSIA’S WAGNER GROUP: A PRINCIPAL-AGENT ANALYSIS OF THE COSTS OF PROXY USE IN CIVIL CONFLICT" (2025). Theses & ETDs. 6694.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/6694