A mercenary, sometimes known as a soldier of fortune, is an individual who takes part in military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military. Mercenaries fight for money or other forms of payment rather than for political interests. Beginning in the 20th century, mercenaries have increasingly come to be seen as less entitled to protections by rules of war than non-mercenaries. Indeed, the Geneva Conventions declare that mercenaries are not recognized as legitimate combatants and do not have to be granted the same legal protections as …
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The Worst Songs in the World : The Terrible Truth About National Anthems
DDN: Dundurn Press · 6 August 2024 English
The best-known songs in the world are violent, sexist, and religious — so why do we celebrate national anthems when we should be rewriting them?“Fascinating and thoughtful ... showcases how …
armies. Many of Europe’s monarchs hired Swiss mercenaries to pur-sue their complicated and seemingly perpetual …
Tiga's Tale : The Remarkable Life of Champion Boxer Barrington Francis
DDN: Dundurn Press · 9 July 2024 English
From Trench Town to the top of the world — one man's inspiring fight for meaning, dignity, and respect. Tiga’s Tale chronicles the remarkable life of world champion boxer Barrington …
People’s National Party. The gangs, operating as mercenaries funded by various political interests, were …
Logic in the Wild
MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 14 May 2024 English
In Logic in the Wild Patrick Girard presents logic as the guardian of coherence. Logic, Girard argues, finds coherence in the patterns of reasoning shared across science, religion, and everyday …
sophists became tarnished; they became thought mercenaries. Sophists had no qualms teaching about how to …
Africa Year In Review 2023
Wilson Center Canada · 31 January 2024 English
We have multiple essays across the publication that focus on AGOA’s impact and renewal, as well as changing trade dynamics in Africa and globally, including the expansion of BRICS and …
void on the continent was filled by Russian mercenaries and entrenched political leaders who manipulated … new power vacuums might be filled by private mercenaries, such as Russia’s Wagner group, an organization …
Deterrence in the 21st Century : Statecraft in the Information Age
UCP: University of Calgary Press · 30 January 2024 English
The information age has opened a new front of adversarial statecraft. The past decades have seen the rise and refinement of conflict enacted in the world of information, with tactics …
assistance mission in that country, declaring them mercenaries of the United States. The names were classified …
U sof s s P C ()
CIDP: Centre for International and Defense Policy · 9 January 2024 English
One of the many impacts of our multi-year Afghanistan contribution was to sensitize both politicians and senior bureaucrats to the risks associated with unknown outcomes.11 A combination of events, all …
complicating nature, policies on the use of mercenaries have been debated in the UN and in the African … differentiate between “good” mercenaries and “bad” ones. Even the UN considered using mercenaries to secure its assets … deposed was that he refused to hire Russian Wagner mercenaries as elite forces in the fight against Islamic … tired old theme in Africa. Russian Wagner group mercenaries have been training a recent version of the old … and in 1996 decided to secretly use Sandline mercenaries. The deal became public, and the outcry resulted …
CIGI Papers No. 288 — December 2023 - Sino-Russian Relations: The Implications of Putin’s
CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 5 December 2023 English
Copyright © His Majesty the King in Right of Canada as represented by the Minister of National Defence, 2023 The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the author …
identification zones are violated and Western used his mercenaries to challenge the Russian fighter jets scramble …
Canada Alone : Navigating the Post-American World
DDN: Dundurn Press · 26 September 2023 English
If a MAGA Republican becomes president in 2025, the West will likely fracture under the stresses of a reinvigorated America First policy and the abandonment of American global leadership. This …
war- torn African nation and fights American mercenaries. The publicity poster for the film featured a …
News Brief Update 50 - Russia’s war with Ukraine Contents: Commentary
RI: Rideau Institute · 13 September 2023 English
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz involvement in the war Morawiecki said on 29 July that a group of 100 mercenaries from the Wagner group moved While the war in Ukraine is mostly closer to the Belarusian city of …
Morawiecki said on 29 July that a group of 100 mercenaries from the Wagner group moved While the war in … Abramavičius said that Poland and Lithuania above, mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner were considering closing … debris, while the NATO Secretary General Jens mercenaries were to take place. The Stoltenberg also said …
LET’S TALK: REDISTRIBUTING POWER TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY INTRODUCTION
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health · 12 September 2023 English
LET’S TALK: REDISTRIBUTING POWER TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY SUPPLEMENT 3 – ADDITIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR CONCEPTUALIZING AND ANALYZING POWER TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 POWER ANALYSIS TOOLS AND STRATEGIES 10 FRAMEWORKS …
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