GUEST: Dr Sean McFate - Strategist and expert on international relations
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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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