Author Archives: David Isenberg

Private Military Companies, Just War, and Humanitarian Intervention

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Ethics, Authority, and War Non-State Actors and the Just War Tradition Editors: Heinze, E., Steele, B. (Eds.) In original essays written by both senior scholars as well as rising younger scholars… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Concerns Over Private Military Housing Touch Camp Pendleton

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Concerns Over Private Military Housing Touch Camp Pendleton Friday, March 29, 2019 By Steve Walsh Photo by Andi Dukleth Above: Leslie Tumlinson, who lives on on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, sits… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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The Bad Decisions that Led to Privatized Military Housing Woes

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The Bad Decisions that Led to Privatized Military Housing Woes Outdated family quarters at Fort Lee get demolished to make room for modern replacement units. (U.S. Army/T. Anthony Bell) 2 Apr… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Students wrestle with the cost of free speech online

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Students wrestle with the cost of free speech online By Joel Simon April 1, 2019 Beloit College students protest Blackwater founder Erik Prince (Photo: Angela Major/The Janesville Gazette via AP)Beloit is… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Five American mercenaries were arrested in Haiti. Were they there to help the president hide Venezuelan oil money?

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Five American mercenaries were arrested in Haiti. Were they there to help the president hide Venezuelan oil money? Some of the weapons found in the possession of the foreigners. Photo: CaribbeanNewsNetwork/Twitter… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Pentagon Africa pick worries over Russian ‘little green men’

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Reliable Reporting. The Right Opinion. Pentagon Africa pick worries over Russian ‘little green men’ In this Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, file photo, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend talks with an… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Why Blackwater cannot be the future of U.S. warfare

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Why Blackwater cannot be the future of U.S. warfare Can 6,500 mercenaries “fix” Afghanistan? The U.S. is resurrecting privatized warfare. Sean McFate Dr. Sean McFate is an adviser to Oxford University’s… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Billionaire warlords: Why the future is medieval

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Billionaire warlords: Why the future is medieval The world’s next superpower might just resurrect the Middle Ages. Sean McFate Dr. Sean McFate is an adviser to Oxford University’s Centre for Technology… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Audit of the Army’s Oversight of National Afghan Trucking Services 3.0 Contracts DODIG-2019-069

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Russia’s Military Mission Creep Advances to a New Front: Africa

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Russia’s Military Mission Creep Advances to a New Front: Africa ImageNew recruits for the Central African Republic’s armed forces. Members have trained with Russian consultants as part of Moscow’s growing influence… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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