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Conceptualizing private military and security companies
Conceptualizing private military and security companies Thomas Brailey Conflict Management and Peace Science 1-18 2026 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Guns for Hire, States in Ruin: An International Regulatory Framework to Combat the Exploitation of Weak States by Private Military Companies
Guns for Hire, States in Ruin: An International Regulatory Framework to Combat the Exploitation of Weak States by Private Military Companies Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 2026 59(2) 463-502 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here … Continue reading
A Comparison of Private Security Contractors & State-Based Armed Forces
A Comparison of Private Security Contractors & State-Based Armed Forces Daniele Hadi Irandoost Dec. 3, 2017 E-Internal Relations You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Is someone’s mercenary another’s contractor: American, British, and Russian private security companies in US and UK parliamentary debates
Is someone’s mercenary another’s contractor: American, British, and Russian private security companies in US and UK parliamentary debates Matteo C M Casiraghi Eugenio Cusumanco International Relations 2025 Vol. 39(2) 273-300 You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Insecurity, Counterterrorism and the Use of Private Military and Security Companies in Nigeria: A Qualitative Study
Insecurity, Counterterrorism and the Use of Private Military and Security Companies in Nigeria: A Qualitative Study by Tarela Juliet Ike Dung Ezekiel Jidong Mieyebi Lawrence Ike Evangelyn Ebi Ayobi Journal of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Repositioning of war: the ambiguous language of private military and security companies
Repositioning of war: the ambiguous language of private military and security companies Jozef Batora and Michal Ovadek European Journal of International Relations 2026 Vol. 32(2) 478-507 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Russian Commercial Warriors on the Battlefield
Russian Commercial Warriors on the Battlefield Thijs Cremers and Han Bouwmeester Book Title: Reflections on the Russia-Ukraine War Book Editors: Maarten Rothman, Lenneke Peperkamp, Sebastiaan Rietjens Leiden University Press 2024 You must be logged in to view this content. Click … Continue reading
The rise and fall of the Wagner Group: Russia is seeking control over its ‘private’ military companies
The rise and fall of the Wagner Group: Russia is seeking control over its ‘private’ military companies Karen Philippa Larsen Danish Institute for International Studies 2025 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe … Continue reading
Justifications: Does Wagner Group Africa Corps Meet the Criteria for Designation
Justifications: Does Wagner Group Africa Corps Meet the Criteria for Designation Report Title: Justifications, (Dis)Advantages and Implications of Designating Proxy Actors: The Case of the Wagner Group/Africa Corps By Tanya Mehra… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Back to the Shadows: Russia’s African Security Engagements Since Prigozhin
Back to the Shadows: Russia’s African Security Engagements Since Prigozhin Ivan U Klyszcz South African Institute of International Affairs 2026 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe