RDN: Private Military Companies as Political Actors – How the Wagner Method Affects Foreign Policy Strategy

October 8th, 2024

In their October 2024 issue, La Revue Défense Nationale published a text by Yan St-Pierre on “Private Military Companies as Political Actors”, discussing the impact of the “Wagner system” on foreign policy strategy.

“The development of Private Military Companies (PMC) is a geopolitical reality. Through the use of the Wagner method, Russia has boosted its influence in Africa to the detriment of France in particular, and China and Turkey are developing their own styles of PMC. Paradoxically, Europe is somewhat reserved regarding the subject and yet it could offer an alternative and better defence of European interests.”

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