Wagner and Russian private military contractors
We\u2019re going to take a closer look at Russian private military contractors. How much do we understand about what these groups are up to? And how much should the U.S. and its allies be concerned? It\u2019s a phenomenon with a history; and it\u2019s something that doesn\u2019t seem to be going away anytime soon. The episode is broken into four parts: \u2022 Behind the Battle of Khasham (at the 1:53 mark) \u2022 Prigozhin's Path (8:09) \u2022 An Ignominious Invasion (23:16) \u2022 Into Africa (27:47) Guests include Kimberly Marten of Columbia University's Barnard College; Candace Rondeaux of Arizona State University and a Senior Fellow with the New America think tank's Center on the Future of War; and Aric Toler, who leads research and training activities on eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union for the investigative journalism collective Bellingcat. Transcript: https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2020/01/ep-62-wagner-and-russian-private-military-contractors/162447/