Author Archives: David Isenberg

Russia’s hired guns in Africa

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Russia’s hired guns in Africa Commentary Sergey Sukhankin 12th November, 2018 Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (cropped) – CC BY 4.0 The involvement of Russian private military companies in Africa… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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The Use of Private Military Companies in Peacekeeping and Crisis Management

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From Donbas to Syria: exposing mercenaries of Wagner PMC’s 6th assault detachment

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From Donbas to Syria: exposing mercenaries of Wagner PMC’s 6th assault detachment on 06/17/2018 | | Donbas | News | Syria In late May, Ukrainian Cyber Alliance exclusively provided InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community with documents,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Janus Global Operations opens operations center in Mosul, Iraq to serve commercial clients, stability operations

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wireAP Janus Global Operations opens operations center in Mosul, Iraq to serve commercial clients, stability operations Nov 28, 2018 Updated 19 hrs ago LENOIR CITY, Tenn., Nov. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ —… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Cyber Mercenaries: The State, Hackers, and Power

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Book Review: From Byron to bin Laden: A History of Foreign War Volunteers

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Ancient Greek Mercenaries: Facts, Theories and New Perspectives

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Confronting the privatization of war and security

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News: Confronting the privatization of war and security The International Conference Confronting the Privatization of War and Security, held in Barcelona on November 22nd-23rd 2018, aims to raise awareness to the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Kremlin rapidly losing control of ‘private military company’ story

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Kremlin rapidly losing control of ‘private military company’ story An armed personnel carrier full of mercenaries from Russia in the Donbas, Ukraine (Image: inforesist.org)  2018/11/22 – 17:39 • International, More Personnel… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Russian politician: Mercenaries of private military companies may destabilize situation in Russia

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Russian politician: Mercenaries of private military companies may destabilize situation in Russia  Wednesday, November 21, 2018 12:00:41 PM The head of the committee of the All-Russian Officers’ Assembly, Yevgeny Shabayev, in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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