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David Isenberg

Opinion and Commentary

"Sex and Security in Afghanistan," Asia Times, October 5, 2009

"Commentary on the Commission on Wartime Contracting Hearings (Part 3)," Private Military Herald, September 28, 2009

"Commentary on the Commission on Wartime Contracting Hearings (Part 2)," Private Military Herald, September 27, 2009

"Commentary on the Commission on Wartime Contracting Hearings (Part 1)," Private Military Herald, September 24, 2009

"Private Contractors Still Lack Adequate Oversight," DefenseNews.com, June 29, 2009

"Book Review: Wired for War," Asia Times, June 12, 2009

"The Good, and Bad, News on Contractors," Asia Times Online, April 28, 2009

"Lions and Contractors and Robots. Oh my!," United Press International, April 10, 2009

"Let Loose the Legal Beagles of War," United Press International, April 3, 2009

"US Cries Chinese Wolf," Asia Times, March 30, 2009

"Have Ph.D., Will Travel," United Press International, March 27, 2009

"Theory Is Fine, Action Is Better," United Press International, March 20, 2009

"Can't We All Just Get Along?," United Press International, March 13, 2009

"Contractors Doomed to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past," United Press International, March 6, 2009

"Outsourcing Peacekeeping," United Press International, February 27, 2009

"Mercenaries Are in the Eye of the Beholder," United Press International, February 20, 2009

"Covering Contractors," United Press International, February 13, 2009

"Private Military Contractors -- Mysterious? No.," United Press International, February 6, 2009

"Security Peddlers Eye Afghan Windfall," Asia Times, February 3, 2009

"Contractors Fulfilling a Contract: Imagine That," United Press International, January 30, 2009

"Slippery Slope: Contractors' Impact on Military Culture," United Press International, January 23, 2009

"Codes of Conduct: Trust but Verify," United Press International, January 16, 2009

"The Future of Contractor Accountability: Immunity or Impunity?," United Press International, January 12, 2009

"Contracting's Con Side," United Press International, January 3, 2009

"The Humanitarianism Market," United Press International, December 26, 2008

"Ghosts of Contractors Past, Present and Future," United Press International, December 19, 2008

"Lessons of the Blackwater Indictments," United Press International, December 12, 2008

"Private Shill Contractors," United Press International, December 5, 2008

"Contractors Past, Present and Future," United Press International, November 28, 2008

"A Brave New World Awaits," Asia Times, November 26, 2008

"The Unknown and Unrecognized Contractors," United Press International, November 21, 2008

"The Top 10 PSCs in Iraq," United Press International, November 14, 2008

"Contractors and Obama," United Press International, November 7, 2008

"US Urged to Overhaul Nuclear Arsenal," Asia Times, November 4, 2008

"Losing Sleep over SOFA," United Press International, October 31, 2008

"Yaargh, Here Be Contractors," United Press International, October 24, 2008

"When a Contractor Just Isn't Good Enough," United Press International, October 17, 2008

"Busting the Unaccountability Myth," United Press International, October 10, 2008

"The US Military's Fallout Shelter," Asia Times Online, October 8, 2008

"Will the Last Contractor to Leave Iraq Remember to please Turn Out the Lights?," United Press International, October 3, 2008

"Mercenary Hero William Walker," United Press International, September 29, 2008

"New Realities in the Strait of Hormuz," Asia Times Online, September 23, 2008

"The Well-Ordered Worldliness of WPPS," United Press International, September 19, 2008

"From Mercenary to Security Contractor and Back Again," United Press International, September 12, 2008

"Micromanaging Security Contractors," United Press International, September 5, 2008

"Contractor Oversight Is Improving," United Press International, August 29, 2008

"More Contractors in Iraq," United Press International, August 22, 2008

"Blackwater as Wal-Mart," Middle East Times, August 18, 2008

"Contractors vs. Genocide?," Middle East Times, August 8, 2008

"Are PMCs POWs?," United Press International, August 1, 2008

"Life Without Blackwater?," Middle East Times, July 25, 2008

"US Keeps Taiwan at Arm's Length," Asia Times, July 22, 2008

"A Reality Check on Iran," Asia Times Online, July 19, 2008

"The Con Side of Contractors," United Press International, July 18, 2008

"Immunity Hype," United Press International, July 11, 2008

"The Founding Contractors," Middle East Times, July 7, 2008

"Over-the-counter Cloak and Dagger," Asia Times Online, July 4, 2008

"A Small Step for Contractors," Middle East Times, June 30, 2008

"Firing Blanks in Afghanistan," Asia Times Online, June 26, 2008

"Some Publicity Is Bad," Middle East Times, June 20, 2008

"Attacking Iran: The Last Resort," Asia Times Online, June 18, 2008

"Two Little Words," United Press International, June 13, 2008

"The Holy Grail, Part Four," United Press International, June 6, 2008

"Atomic Market: What Benazir Knew," United Press International, May 30, 2008

"Back to Africa," United Press International, May 30, 2008

"Defense Base Act Revisited," United Press International, May 23, 2008

"Blackwater, Najaf -- Take Two," United Press International, May 16, 2008

"A Hard Look at China's Soft Power," Asia Times Online, May 15, 2008

"Inherently Governmental?," United Press International, May 9, 2008

"The Return of Limited Nuclear War?," CounterPunch, May 2, 2008

"Insurance? What Insurance?," United Press International, May 2, 2008

"Recruiting the Bottom of the Barrel," Asia Times Online, April 26, 2008

"Cost-effective: Myth or Fact?," United Press International, April 25, 2008

"Spinning Saddam's Linkages," CounterPunch, April 22, 2008

"No Justice on Contractor Rape," United Press International, April 18, 2008

"Lawyers, Guns and Money," United Press International, April 4, 2008

"No Gravy Train for PMC Grunts," United Press International, March 28, 2008

"Life Imitating Art," United Press International, March 21, 2008

"Modest Proposals for Reform," United Press International, February 22, 2008

"The Pay Gap Myth," United Press International, February 15, 2008

"War by the Rules," Asia Times, February 11, 2008

"Dogs of War: More Oversight Needed," United Press International, February 8, 2008

"A Fresh Look at Terrorism's Roots," Asia Times Online, January 18, 2008

"Smart Bombs, Dangerous Ideas," Asia Times Online, January 15, 2008

"NIE Report Keeps Spreading Its Influence," DefenseNews, January 14, 2008

"A Game of Chicken in the Persian Gulf," Asia Times Online, January 9, 2008

"Beyond the Bombast," Asia Times Online, January 5, 2008

"Ghost of Outsourcing Yet to Come," Middle East Times, December 27, 2007

"U.S. military & Iran -- Part 6," United Press International, December 21, 2007

"U.S. Military & Iran -- Part 5," United Press International, December 19, 2007

"U.S. Military & Iran -- Part 4," United Press International, December 14, 2007

"U.S. Military & Iran -- Part 3," United Press International, December 11, 2007

"U.S. Military & Iran -- Part 2," United Press International, December 6, 2007

"U.S. Military & Iran -- Part 1," United Press International, December 4, 2007

"Electronic Pearl Harbor? More Hype Than Threat," Cato.org, January 3, 2000

"Spinning the World," Cato.org, September 23, 1999

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