Author Archives: David Isenberg

Dogwatch review – seagoing mercenaries take on pirates in homoerotic meditation

Dogwatch review – seagoing mercenaries take on pirates in homoerotic meditation Gregoris Rentis’s documentary tells the stories of three private guards waiting for an attack that never comes, but the socio-political… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Wagner Strikes Gold in Mali

Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update, February 15, 2024: Wagner Strikes Gold in Mali, and al Shabaab Terrorizes Mogadishu Liam Karr Contributor: Josie Von Fischer To receive the Salafi-Jihadi Movement Weekly Update via… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Reining in the “Third Path”: Rethinking the War Powers Resolution and Private Security Contractors

Reining in the “Third Path”: Rethinking the War Powers Resolution and Private Security Contractors   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Is someone’s mercenary another’s contractor? American, British, and Russian private security companies in US and UK parliamentary debates

Research article First published online March 25, 2023 Is someone’s mercenary another’s contractor? American, British, and Russian private security companies in US and UK parliamentary debates Matteo C M Casiraghi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0851-6311… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Chinese Private Security Companies and the limit of coercion

Chinese Private Security Companies and the limit of coercion Ricardo Pereira , Ana Luquett , Rui Forte & Mohammad Eslami Pages 1532-1557 | Received 12 Dec 2022, Accepted 05 Sep 2023,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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How America’s Great Power Competitors Privatized the GPC

The Great Power Competition Volume 4 pp 37–65Cite as Home The Great Power Competition Volume 4 Chapter   How America’s Great Power Competitors Privatized the GPC Ian Conway & Kathleen Cassedy… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Indigenous Military Reforms from the Outside: The Paradox of the UAE Armed Forces Modernisation

Indigenous Military Reforms from the Outside: The Paradox of the UAE Armed Forces Modernisation Jean-Loup Samaan Pages 65-83 | Received 14 Sep 2022, Accepted 07 Aug 2023, Published online: 18 Aug… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Former Wagner Group fighters visit Russian school, give students flag reading ‘It’s nothing personal — we were paid’

Former Wagner Group fighters visit Russian school, give students flag reading ‘It’s nothing personal — we were paid’ 4:45 am, February 12, 2024 Source: People of Baikal A group of former… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Privatization of Military and Security Companies:A Threat and Risk Analysis to the Security of the Nigerian State

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Private Military and Security Companies: A New Form of Mercenarism?

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