Author Archives: David Isenberg

Strategic Concealment: Locating Armed Private Contractors in State Foreign Policy

Posted on January 27, 2024 by David Isenberg

Spring 2022 Strategic Concealment: Locating Armed Private Contractors in State Foreign Policy Jared A. Michaels Gettysburg College   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Soldiers of Fortune: A qualitative study into the effects of military provider, Private Military Companies on the domestic sovereignty of fragile African nations

Posted on January 27, 2024 by David Isenberg

Full Text Dissertation or Thesis Inherently Governmental: Private Military Contracting and U.S. Empire in the Twenty-First Century Quadri, Zaynab The George Washington University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2022. 29321159. PDF not available.     You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Does Russia Exercise Overall Control over the Wagner Group? Expert Q&A from Stockton Center’s Russia-Ukraine Conference

Posted on January 27, 2024 by David Isenberg

20.500.12592/jz4cq1 Does Russia Exercise Overall Control over the Wagner Group? Expert Q&A from Stockton Center’s Russia-Ukraine Conference 5 April 2023 Summary Use of the “overall control” test to attribute Wagner Group… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Mercenaries and Manpower

Posted on January 27, 2024 by David Isenberg

Mercenaries and Manpower Jan 19, 2024 Overshadowed by stories of dwindling munitions stocks and limited production capacity, the Ukraine War has revealed another shortfall facing modern armies: manpower. Both Russia and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Whose security is it? Elitism and the global approach to maritime security in Africa

Posted on January 27, 2024 by David Isenberg

Whose security is it? Elitism and the global approach to maritime security in Africa Ifesinachi Marybenedette Okafor-Yarwood & Freedom C. Onuoha Pages 946-966 | Received 22 Aug 2022, Accepted 09 Jan… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Note to Readers

Posted on January 25, 2024 by David Isenberg

I apologize for the site being down for the past week and a half or so. Somehow the database containing everything in this blog was deleted. I don’t know if it… 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 Contractorsand Private Security Contractors

Posted on January 10, 2024 by David Isenberg

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

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Privatizing civil society: outsourcing governance in John le Carré’s post-Cold War novels

Posted on January 10, 2024 by David Isenberg

Research Article Privatizing civil society: outsourcing governance in John le Carré’s post-Cold War novels Paul Narkunas Pages 285-301 | Received 22 Sep 2022, Accepted 26 Oct 2022, Published online: 09 Dec… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Tensions of Modernity: Privilege, Precarity, and Colonial Nostalgia among European Security Contractors in East Africa

Posted on January 9, 2024 by David Isenberg

Tensions of Modernity: Privilege, Precarity, and Colonial Nostalgia among European Security Contractors in East Africa   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Russian Para-Military Operations in Africa: The Wagner Group as a De Facto Foreign Policy Instrument

Posted on January 9, 2024 by David Isenberg

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