Author Archives: David Isenberg

From mercenary to legitimate actor Russian discourses on private military companies

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From mercenary to legitimate actor Russian discourses on private military companies Karen Philippa Larsen Post-Soviet Affairs, 39:6, 420-439, (2023) You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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Assembling a Force to Defeat Boko Haram: How Nigeria Integrated the Market into its Counterinsurgency Strategy

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Assembling a Force to Defeat Boko Haram: How Nigeria Integrated the Market into its Counterinsurgency Strategy Christopher Kinsey & Andreas Krieg Defense & Security Analysis, 37:2, 232-249, (2021)      … You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Perceptions of Russia’s ‘return’ to Africa: Views from West Africa

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Perceptions of Russia’s ‘return’ to Africa: Views from West Africa Leonid Issaev, Alisa Shishkina & Yakov Liokumovich South African Journal of International Affairs, (2022) You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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The Hybrid War Phenomenon in the Coercive Component of Current World Politics

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The Hybrid War Phenomenon in the Coercive Component of Current World Politics Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2018, Vol. 88, No. 5, pp. 313–319. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2018.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Effects of Private Military Companies on the State

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Effects of Private Military Companies on the State T.C. ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ SOSYAL BİLİMLER ENSTİTÜSÜ SİYASET BİLİMİ VE KAMU YÖNETİMİ YÖNETİM BİLİMLERİ ANABİLİM DALI ÖZEL ASKERİ ŞİRKETLERİN DEVLETE ETKİLERİ Yüksek Lisans Tezi… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Do mercenaries perform better than states Evaluating the Wagner group’s impact on Central African Republic

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Do mercenaries perform better than states Evaluating the Wagner group’s impact on Central African Republic Ori Swed & Alessandro Arduino Small Wars & Insurgencies, 36:1, 59-86, (2025)     You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading →

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The client s struggle to control private military companies effectively

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The client s struggle to control private military companies effectively Frank Daumann Defense & Security Analysis, 39:4, 432-451 (2023)         You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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Public Attitudes toward Private Military Companies Insights from Principal-agent Theory

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Public Attitudes toward Private Military Companies Insights from Principal-agent Theory Mark D. Ramirez1, and Reed M. Wood Journal of Conflict Resolution 2019, Vol. 63(6) 1433-1459 ª The Author(s) 2018     You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Russia s Corporate Soldiers The Global Expansion of Russia s Private Military Companies

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Russia s Corporate Soldiers The Global Expansion of Russia s Private Military Companies by Seth G. Jones, Catrina Doxee, Brian Katz, Eric Mcqueen and Joe Moye, Lanham and Washington, D.C., Rowman… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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WAR ON TERROR AND THE PRIVATIZATION OF FORCE a first analysis of the use of private companies in the U.S. military interventions after September Eleven (2001-2011)

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WAR ON TERROR AND THE PRIVATIZATION OF FORCE a first analysis of the use of private companies in the U.S. military interventions after September Eleven (2001-2011)   Tempo E Argumento V… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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