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- 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
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Author Archives: David Isenberg
A/HRC/60/27: Role of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and security companies in the exploitation of natural resources,
A/HRC/60/27: Role of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and security companies in the exploitation of natural resources You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
A/80/329: Role of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and/or security companies as proxies, enablers and facilitators
A/80/329: Role of mercenaries, mercenary-related actors and private military and/or security companies as proxies, enablers and facilitators You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
CHRISTOPHER SPEARIN
Professor, Department of Defence Studies, Royal Military College of Canada / Canadian Forces College — Scholar of Private Military and Security Companies, Mercenarism, and Security Privatization Continue reading
Apple sends out warnings to targets of mercenary spyware attacks
Apple sends out warnings to targets of mercenary spyware attacks The company’s new support page tells recipients what they can do to protect their data. By Mariella Moon Aug. 14, 2026… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
HuaXin ZhongAn
HXZA occupies an unusual position among Chinese private security companies (PSCs): it holds a rare state authorization for armed escort of merchant vessels, is the only Chinese security firm holding ISO/PAS 28000/28007 private maritime-security certification, and was the first Chinese and first East Asian PSC to obtain full certification from the International Code of Conduct Association (ICoCA), the Geneva-based body that sets voluntary human-rights and use-of-force standards for the private security industry. Continue reading
Posted in China, Companies, IISS Analysis, Maritime
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Deborah D. Avant
For PMSC company-profile work, her most durable contribution is the disaggregation of “control of force” into political, functional, and social dimensions — a framework that resists both the “mercenaries run wild” alarmism and the “contracting is just neutral efficiency” complacency that dominate popular treatments of the industry. Continue reading
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THE LONG NIGHT AT THE BRASS LANTERN
Two steps behind him, Tim Palast shuffled in like a man carrying the weight of every war he’d ever read about. Rumpled. Tired. The kind of tired that doesn’t sleep off. He’d written the book on private military companies, literally, and he’d spent years trying to warn people that the mercenary was back—just wearing a better tie this time.
They didn’t shake hands. In this business, you saved your grip for the things that mattered. Continue reading
Posted in David Isenberg, Fiction, Outsourcing/Privatization
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Justifications, (Dis)Advantages and Implications of Designating Proxy Actor: The Case of the Wagner Group/Africa Corps
Beyond Wagner Group: Africa Corps Broader Implications for Other State-sponsored Proxies and Regional Security Justifications, (Dis)Advantages and Implications of Designating Proxy Actor: The Case of the Wagner Group/Africa Corps Tanya Mehra… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Decoding the Wagner Group: Analyzing the Role of Private Military Security Contractors in Russian Proxy Warfare
Russian Military Reorganization, Modernization & The Market for Private Force Decoding the Wagner Group: Analyzing the Role of Private Military Security Contractors in Russian Proxy Warfare Candace Rondeaux New America 2019 You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Putin’s Not-So-Secret Mercenaries: Patronage, Geopolitics, and the Wagner Group
An Improvised Imitation of a PMC Putin’s Not-So-Secret Mercenaries: Patronage, Geopolitics, and the Wagner Group Nathaniel Reynolds Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2019 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe