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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
- Sep. 2, 2014 Al Jazeera English segment on Blackwater trial - Comment by David Isenberg
- 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
Mali’s plan for Russia mercenaries to replace French troops unsettles Sahel
Mali’s plan for Russia mercenaries to replace French troops unsettles Sahel Moses Rono – BBC Monitoring Sun, October 3, 2021, 8:33 AM·6 min read Protesters in Mali’s capital, Bamako, waved Russian… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
U.S. Navy hit by another international bribery scandal
Investigations U.S. Navy hit by another international bribery scandal A Vietnamese passenger boat sails past the USS Carl Vinson as it docks in Danang Bay, Vietnam, in 2018. (Hau Dinh/AP) By… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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GNU military official: Ready to fight Chadian mercenaries in southern Libya
GNU military official: Ready to fight Chadian mercenaries in southern Libya September 18, 2021 – 14:49 Posted in: News Written By: SafaAlharathy A spokesman for the Sirte and Jufra Operations Room… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Russia’s Wagner Play Undermines the Transition in Mali
Russia’s Wagner Play Undermines the Transition in Mali By Joseph Siegle and Daniel Eizenga September 23, 2021 The prospective deployment of Russia’s Wagner mercenaries should not be confused with addressing Mali’s… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Who Blessed the Vlads Down in Africa?
Report Who Blessed the Vlads Down in Africa? Russia’s Wagner Group has its eyes on Mali. It fits a pattern of Russian interference in Africa. By Amy Mackinnon, a national security and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Talk of Wagner mercenary deal shines light on Mali power politics
Talk of Wagner mercenary deal shines light on Mali power politics Possible deal with private security firm reflects ongoing political shift in Mali and changing dynamics in its ties with two… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Security Companies and the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa
The Palgrave Handbook of Small Arms and Conflicts in Africa pp 609-625 | Cite as Private Security Companies and the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa Authors and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Military Companies and the Outsourcing of War: A Spark of Destabilisation to the Global Security
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The ‘three pillars model of regulation’: a fusion of governance models for private security
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“As Old as War Itself”? Historicizing the Universal Mercenary
Volume 6 Issue 1 March 2021 “As Old as War Itself”? Historicizing the Universal Mercenary Malte Riemann Journal of Global Security Studies, Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2021, ogz069, https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogz069 Published:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading