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State Security Agent: A Study on the Interaction Between State Sovereignty and Private Security Companies

State Security Agent: A Study on the Interaction Between State Sovereignty and Private Security Companies Meng Yang, Yuhong Li Source Title: Global Trends in Governance and Policy Paradigms Copyright: © 2024… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Wagner Group, Russia’s Foreign Policy and Sub-Saharan Africa

The Wagner Group, Russia’s Foreign Policy and Sub-Saharan Africa Executive summary: Set up in 2014 as a private organisation, the Wagner Group has conducted numerous  military activities internationally that remain shrouded… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The effects of the Russia–Ukraine war and the Wagner Group coup on defense stocks in Europe: an event study analysis 

The effects of the Russia–Ukraine war and the Wagner Group coup on defense stocks in Europe: an event study analysis  By: Svetoslav Covachev and Gergely Fazakas Institute of Finance, Corvinus University… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Wagner Group: Comparing and contextualizing the Russian monster

Research Article Wagner Group: Comparing and contextualizing the Russian monster Christopher Spearin Published online: 18 Apr 2024 Abstract Though the same descriptors have been applied to Wagner Group and US/Western Private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Just Like a Nesting Doll: Prigozhin’s Patriot Media Grou

Just Like a Nesting Doll: Prigozhin’s Patriot Media Group Abstract: Alongside the private military company Wagner and his notorious Internet Research Agency (IRA), Yevgeny Prigozhin was associated with the Patriot Media… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Selling security to Africa: Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and the fate of African intrastate security

Selling security to Africa: Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and the fate of African intrastate security Thomas Ameyaw-Brobbey & Vladimir Antwi-Danso Received 17 Jan 2024, Accepted 15 Apr 2024, Published… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The phenomenon of private military corporations in the context of globalization

The phenomenon of private military corporations in the context of globalization Leszek Robert Kurnicki Collegium Humanum, Poland Email: lech@kurnicki.eu Abstract The phenomenon of private military companies (PMCs) is a rather controversial… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and the Information Work of the Nineteenth-Century Surveillance State. By: Bilansky, Alan, Information & Culture, 21648034, 2018, Vol. 53, Issue 1 Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and the Information… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’

The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’. By: Fraser, Ben, Journal of Military Ethics, 15027570, Sep2013, Vol. 12, Issue 3 The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’ Contents… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War, 1964–1987

Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War, 1964–1987. By: Voß, Klaas, Cold War History, 14682745, Feb 2016, Vol. 16, Issue 1 Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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