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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
Hyderabad youth duped into joining Wagner Group dies in warzone DC Correspondent 6 March 2024 2:32 PM
Hyderabad youth duped into joining Wagner Group dies in warzone DC Correspondent 6 March 2024 2:32 PM Hyderabad youth duped into joining Wagner Group dies in warzone Mohammed Asfan, a resident… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Russian Military Intelligence Takes Over Wagner Operations in Libya
Russian Military Intelligence Takes Over Wagner Operations in Libya Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 21 Issue: 38 By: Andrew McGregor March 12, 2024 05:37 PM Age: 2 months (Source: Russian Military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Russian Mercenaries Hunt the African Warlord America Couldn’t Catch
Russian Mercenaries Hunt the African Warlord America Couldn’t Catch Wagner’s hunt for Joseph Kony shows the Kremlin’s reach is expanding across Africa, as Washington’s strategy on the continent unravels April 27,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and the Information Work of the Nineteenth-Century Surveillance State. By: Bilansky, Alan, Information & Culture, 21648034, 2018, Vol. 53, Issue 1 Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency and the Information… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’
The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’. By: Fraser, Ben, Journal of Military Ethics, 15027570, Sep2013, Vol. 12, Issue 3 The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’ Contents… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Inside Operation Gideon, A Coup Gone Very Wrong
Inside Operation Gideon, A Coup Gone Very Wrong. By: DUGAN, KEVIN T., Rolling Stone, 0035791X, Jan2021, Issue 1347 Inside Operation Gideon, A Coup Gone Very Wrong Full Text Listen Why did three… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War, 1964–1987
Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during the Cold War, 1964–1987. By: Voß, Klaas, Cold War History, 14682745, Feb 2016, Vol. 16, Issue 1 Plausibly deniable: mercenaries in US covert interventions during… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Overcoming Dilemmas Created by the 21st Century Mercenaries: conceptualising the use of private security companies in Iraq.
Overcoming Dilemmas Created by the 21st Century Mercenaries: conceptualising the use of private security companies in Iraq. By: Bjork, Kjell, Jones, Richard, Third World Quarterly, 01436597, Jun2005, Vol. 26, Issue 4/5 Overcoming… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
From Mercenary to Legitimate Actor? Russian Discourses on Private Military Companies
From Mercenary to Legitimate Actor? Russian Discourses on Private Military Companies Author: Larsen, Karen Philippa Author Affiliation: U of Copenhagen Source: Post-Soviet Affairs, November 2023, v. 39, iss. 6, pp. 420-39 Publication Date:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Wagner Group After the Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin
The Wagner Group After the Death of Yevgeny Prigozhin Full Text Listen Firmer Kremlin control over the Wagner Group means its fighters are likely to focus more on deployments in Africa… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading