Author Archives: David Isenberg

Russia charges Six Danes with being mercenaries -Russian embassy

Posted on January 2, 2024 by David Isenberg

Russia charges Six Danes with being mercenaries -Russian embassy Reuters December 27, 202312:25 PM EST Updated 6 days ago COPENHAGEN, Dec 27 (Reuters) – Six Danes have been charged by Russia… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Chinese Security Firms Expand Globally: What’s the Risk?

Posted on January 2, 2024 by David Isenberg

Chinese Security Firms Expand Globally: What’s the Risk? 0 0 Current Time 0:07 / Duration 4:18 Could we see a Chinese version of Russia’s Wagner group? Similar to the Russian private military company,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Wagner Group Flows: A Two‐Fold Challenge to Liberal Intervention and Liberal Order

Posted on January 2, 2024 by David Isenberg

Politics and Governance 2024 • Volume 12 • Article 7367 A R T I C L E Open Access Journal Wagner Group Flows: A Two‐Fold Challenge to Liberal Intervention and Liberal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Private military and security companies and human rights abuses: The impact of CEOs’ military background

Posted on January 2, 2024 by David Isenberg

First published online February 21, 2023 Private military and security companies and human rights abuses: The impact of CEOs’ military background Elizabeth Radziszewski https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7925-0413 eradzisz@umd.eduView all authors and affiliations Volume 40,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Readout of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement meeting with private detention contractors

Posted on January 2, 2024 by David Isenberg

December 21, 2023Washington, DCEnforcement and Removal Readout of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement meeting with private detention contractors WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership met with two of its… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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From mercenary to legitimate actor? Russian discourses on private military companies

Posted on January 2, 2024 by David Isenberg

From mercenary to legitimate actor? Russian discourses on private military companies Karen Philippa Larsen Pages 420-439 | Received 12 Aug 2022, Accepted 25 Jul 2023, Published online: 21 Aug 2023ABSTRACT The… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Putin’s Private Army Accused of Massacring Dozens to Seize Gold Mine

Posted on January 2, 2024 by David Isenberg

Putin’s Private Army Accused of Massacring Dozens to Seize Gold Mine Philip Obaji Jr. / The Daily Beats Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin may be dead, but witnesses say Russian paramilitaries in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Putin’s Private Army Accused of Massacring Dozens to Seize Gold Mine

Posted on December 24, 2023 by David Isenberg

Putin’s Private Army Accused of Massacring Dozens to Seize Gold Mine Philip Obaji Jr. / The Daily Beats Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin may be dead, but witnesses say Russian paramilitaries in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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How Putin’s Right-Hand Man Took Out Prigozhin; Nikolai Patrushev, a top ally of the Russian leader for decades, put in motion the assassination of the mutinous chief of the Wagner mercenary group

Posted on December 22, 2023 by David Isenberg

How Putin’s Right-Hand Man Took Out Prigozhin; Nikolai Patrushev, a top ally of the Russian leader for decades, put in motion the assassination of the mutinous chief of the Wagner mercenary… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Inside The Private Security Forces Protecting Red Sea Shipping

Posted on December 22, 2023 by David Isenberg

Inside The Private Security Forces Protecting Red Sea Shipping How armed contractors operate aboard ships and the ways they’ve been adapted to the eruption in hostilities around the Bab el-Mandeb strait.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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