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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
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- Jan 2, 2010, Al Jazzeera (English), re Judge Urbina’s dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors
- June 28, 2010. heard in “Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,” The World
- August 17, 2010, on C-Span III, speaks on private military contracting
- Examining the role of the military contractor
- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
- David Isenberg on PressTV - US contractor with poor ratings hired again
- Outsourcing War and Peace – Video
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Author Archives: David Isenberg
From Nationalization to Privatization The Case of the IDF
From Nationalization to Privatization The Case of the IDF Gus Seidman Armed Forces & Society 2010 36(4) 716-749 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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Contractors in Iraq Exploited Class or Exclusive Club
Contractors in Iraq Exploited Class or Exclusive Club Ori Swed and Daniel Burland Armed Forces & Society 2022 Vol. 48 (1) 3-24 Corporate privatization of security has generated a neoliberal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Casualties, Iraq, Outsourcing/Privatization
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US Strategy and the Rise of Private Maritime Security
US Strategy and the Rise of Private Maritime Security Jan Stockbruegger Security Studies (2021) 30:4 578-602 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
To Buy a War but Sell the Peace Mercenaries and Post-Civil War Stability
To Buy a War but Sell the Peace Mercenaries and Post-Civil War Stability Corinne Bara & Joakim Kreutz (2022) Security Studies 31:3 417-445 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
States, interstitial organizations and the prospects for liberal international order
States, interstitial organizations and the prospects for liberal international order Jozef Bátora International Affairs 97: 4 (2021) 1433-1450 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Chinese military and security companies (CMSCs) and the limit of political-instrumentalist model of security privatization
Chinese military and security companies (CMSCs) and the limit of political-instrumentalist model of security privatization Thomas Ameyaw-Brobbey (2025) Critical Military Studies 11:3 329-353 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Ukraine war: Don’t join Russian Army – Shehu Sani to Nigerians
Ukraine war: Don’t join Russian Army – Shehu Sani to Nigerians Published on July 2, 2026 By Seun Opejobi Former Kaduna Central senator, Shehu Sani, on Thursday cautioned Nigerians and other Africans against enlisting… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Kimakovsky Says Latin American Mercenaries Are Replacing Europeans in Ukraine
Kimakovsky Says Latin American Mercenaries Are Replacing Europeans in Ukraine © North Atlantic Treaty Organization / www.nato.int Author: Sergey Komarin 23:22 01-07-2026 Igor Kimakovsky says Latin American mercenaries have increased in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
How does Erik Prince rate as a businessman?
How does Erik Prince rate as a businessman? Initial analysis run on June 28, 2026 on Perplexity AI. Fact checks run on Google Gemini AI, DeepSeek AI, and Claude AI… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The FT just bigged up warlord Erik Prince without blinking an eye
The FT just bigged up warlord Erik Prince without blinking an eye by The Canary 29 June 2026 in Analysis, Global Reading Time: 4 mins read The Financial Times just ran… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading