Manoylo A.V. The volunteer factor in global policy and prospects of development of volunteer movement in Russia

Abstract: The object of this study is volunteering as a socio-political phenomenon and as a factor influencing the global political process, the evolution of local armed conflicts and small wars. The subject of this study is the trends and patterns of the evolution of the role of volunteerism and volunteer movement in opposition to punitive force. The author draws attention to the fact that over the past few decades, the Russian volunteer movement convincingly proven effective in numerous small wars, local armed conflicts and peacekeeping operations. The methodological basis of the research is a systemic, structural and functional, comparative political approaches, methods of analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, observation. High morale of the volunteers, their ideological, moral of values motivation allow us to speak about their high combat value, especially in reconnaissance and sabotage, guerrilla and civil wars, where relatively small, but well-coordinated teams of volunteers are able to withstand the far superior punitive forces. High resistance of volunteers manifested in the defense leads to the fact that the wars with their participation become especially intense, the pressure of which is usually unsustainable by the punitive forces; initiative in the offensive and willingness to sacrifice makes assault troops of volunteers essential in breaching fortified enemy positions, as well as raids deep into their base.

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