Today’s episode covers the Wagner Group’s meteoric rise and strange fall as an organization. Professor Christopher Faulkner joins us to discuss his recently released book Moscow’s Mercenaries. First, we discuss child soldier recruitment, use and reintegration of said soldiers in Africa and then pivot to Wagner’s history. How did Wagner come to be the face of PMC warfare? How does it differ from the American conception of PMCs? What exactly happened after Prigozhin’s death? What was it like researching an entity to only see it fall from grace while doing so? The periphery of warfare has moved to the center despite advancement in tech, and Dr. Faulkner answers all of our questions.

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Host: Matt McInnis

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