Christopher Spearin

502 total citations
35 papers, 195 citations indexed

About

Christopher Spearin is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Spearin has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 195 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Christopher Spearin's work include Military and Defense Studies (24 papers), Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (18 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (8 papers). Christopher Spearin is often cited by papers focused on Military and Defense Studies (24 papers), Defense, Military, and Policy Studies (18 papers) and Peacebuilding and International Security (8 papers). Christopher Spearin collaborates with scholars based in Canada and Indonesia. Christopher Spearin's co-authors include Scott Pegg and Jędrzej George Frynas and has published in prestigious journals such as Security Dialogue, International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis and International Peacekeeping.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Spearin

27 papers receiving 151 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher Spearin Canada	8	133	82	69	21	15	35	195
Christopher Kinsey United Kingdom	9	244 1.8×	91 1.1×	153 2.2×	6 0.3×	17 1.1×	33	298
Christopher A. Whytock United States	9	136 1.0×	63 0.8×	49 0.7×	19 0.9×	40 2.7×	34	200
Jianfu Chen Australia	7	85 0.6×	64 0.8×	18 0.3×	6 0.3×	19 1.3×	29	161
Niels P. Petersson United Kingdom	5	37 0.3×	61 0.7×	32 0.5×	4 0.2×	12 0.8×	14	152
Surya P. Subedi United Kingdom	7	103 0.8×	96 1.2×	13 0.2×	7 0.3×	24 1.6×	48	183
Alexandra Huneeus United States	9	183 1.4×	131 1.6×	23 0.3×	9 0.4×	35 2.3×	26	269
Hans‐Jürgen Wagener Germany	7	44 0.3×	51 0.6×	64 0.9×	8 0.4×	13 0.9×	33	165
Lori Fisler Damrosch United States	6	190 1.4×	83 1.0×	44 0.6×	8 0.4×	30 2.0×	37	256
Daryl J. Levinson United States	8	131 1.0×	72 0.9×	77 1.1×	8 0.4×	28 1.9×	25	248
Mark Tushnet Canada	7	180 1.4×	103 1.3×	25 0.4×	7 0.3×	20 1.3×	11	278

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20 of 20 papers shown

Spearin, Christopher. (2025). Russia’s Wagner Group and the sustainment of authoritarianism in Africa: Implications for China at home and abroad. Contemporary Security Policy. 46(3). 497–521. 2 indexed citations

Spearin, Christopher. (2025). Airpower and Wagner Group’s expeditionary operations: exploring the “exceptionality”. Defence Studies. 1–21.

Spearin, Christopher. (2024). Wagner Group: Comparing and contextualizing the Russian monster. Comparative Strategy. 43(3). 153–163. 1 indexed citations

Spearin, Christopher. (2024). Russia’s Wagner Group/Africa Corps: an authoritarian conflict management examination. Conflict Security and Development. 24(5). 479–499.

Spearin, Christopher. (2018). Russia's Military and Security Privatization. The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters. 48(2). 6 indexed citations

Spearin, Christopher. (2017). Private Military and Security Companies and States. 6 indexed citations

Spearin, Christopher. (2014). Promising Privateers?: Understanding the Constraints of Contemporary Private Security at Sea. Naval War College review. 67(2). 8.

Spearin, Christopher. (2014). Special Operations Forces & Private Security Companies. The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters. 44(2). 21. 2 indexed citations

Spearin, Christopher. (2014). Canada and contracted war: Afghanistan and beyond. International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis. 69(4). 525–541. 1 indexed citations

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Spearin, Christopher. (2011). UN Peacekeeping and the International Private Military and Security Industry. International Peacekeeping. 18(2). 196–209. 17 indexed citations

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Spearin, Christopher. (2010). A PRIVATE SECURITY SOLUTION TO SOMALI PIRACY? The U.S. Call for Private Security Engagement and the Implications for Canada. Naval War College review. 63(4). 8. 2 indexed citations

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Spearin, Christopher. (2009). Privatized peace? Assessing the interplay between states, humanitarians and private security companies. 217–230.

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Spearin, Christopher. (2008). Private, Armed and Humanitarian? States, NGOs, International Private Security Companies and Shifting Humanitarianism. Security Dialogue. 39(4). 363–382. 19 indexed citations

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Spearin, Christopher. (2006). Special Operations Forces a Strategic Resource: Public and Private Divides. The US Army War College Quarterly Parameters. 36(4). 3 indexed citations

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Spearin, Christopher. (2004). Mall Cops, Military Contractors, and al-Qaeda: An Examination of the Commodification of Canadian Security and Contemporary Terrorism. The Journal of Conflict Studies. 24(1).

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Spearin, Christopher. (2004). International private security companies and Canadian policy: Possibilities and pitfalls on the road to regulation. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. 11(2). 1–15.

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Spearin, Christopher. (2003). Accountable to whom? An assessment of international private security companies in South America. Civil Wars. 6(1). 1–26. 2 indexed citations

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Spearin, Christopher. (2003). American hegemony incorporated: the importance and implications of military contractors in Iraq. Contemporary Security Policy. 24(3). 26–47. 7 indexed citations

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Spearin, Christopher. (2001). Private security companies and humanitarians: A corporate solution to securing humanitarian spaces?. International Peacekeeping. 8(1). 20–43. 39 indexed citations

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Spearin, Christopher. (2000). A private security panacea? A specific response to mean times. Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. 7(3). 67–80. 5 indexed citations

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