206. Sean McFate - Prigozhin and Wagner Rose as a Force to Challenge Reputation of Russia's Main Military

Historically, U.S. firms dominated the private security company market,
in places like Afghanistan and Somalia. But in recent years they have
been emerging in other countries. Warlords and militias have restyled
themselves as private security companies, and in Russia we have seen the
incredible consequences of PMC Wagner rising as a force to challenge
the reputation of the regular military. Mercenaries were common in the
European Middle Ages and contract warfare the norm. The proliferation of
private military forces is having a profound effect on international
relations, meaning the twenty-first century may have more in common with
the twelfth century than the twentieth.
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SPEAKER:
Dr Sean McFate is a strategist and expert on international relations. He
is a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a professor at:
Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, Syracuse
University's Maxwell School, and the National Defence University’s
College of International Security Affairs. His career began as a
paratrooper and officer in the US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. He
served under Stan McChrystal and David Petraeus, and graduated from
elite training programs, such as Jungle Warfare School in Panama.

Sean has held many roles in a long and distinguished career, including
private military contractor, business consultant and author of several
successful books, including ‘The New Rules of War’ and ‘Goliath: Why the
West Doesn't Win Wars. And What We Need to Do About It’.
Dr McFate a consultant to the Pentagon, CIA, and Hollywood. His writing
has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street
Journal, and he has been interviewed on CNN, Fox, MSNBC, BBC, NPR, Vice
on Home Box Office, and The Discovery Channel.

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LINKS:
https://www.seanmcfate.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanmcfate/
https://twitter.com/seanmcfate
https://www.youtube.com/@seanmcfate826
https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014TYDIAA4/sean-mcfate
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/sean-mcfate/
https://cisa.ndu.edu/About/Faculty-and-Staff/Article-View/Article/2168026/dr-sean-mcfate/
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ARTICLES:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux98Xl_lIWk
https://www.rferl.org/a/military-strategist-mcfate-what-could-stop-russia/32180030.html
https://www.newsweek.com/how-defeat-russias-mercenaries-opinion-1785481
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3757281-irregular-warfare-will-win-strategic-competition/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/podcast/defeating-the-wagner-group/
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BOOKS:
The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order (2014)
Goliath: What the West got Wrong about Russia and Other Rogue States (2019)
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