Unpacking the Private Military Complex

David Isenberg

NO RAIN IN ST. JAMES’S

Sierra Leone is the same shell game with real chips,” Kinsey said. “Executive Outcomes, two hundred and twenty men, drives the RUF 'to the point of defeat' for under forty…

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    Companies

    1. SAS Veterans Suspected of Training Russian Soldiers for War in Ukraine — The Telegraph
    2. PMSC Daily Digest — 14 September 2026
    3. GardaWorld Texas 287(g) transportation award
    4. Camp East Montana — Amentum Source File
    5. 28 ICE contract actions retrieved from the USAspending.gov API on 2026-08-20.
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    Academic

    1. Private military companies – Russian great power politics on the cheap?
    2. THE BOYLE DEFENSE FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR LIABILITY: THE SETBACKS OF THE CURRENT STANDARD AND THE NEED FOR A LESS RESTRICTIVE DEFENSE
    3. International Law and the Control of Mercenaries and Private Military Companies
    4. THE DORSAI CONTRACT
    5. JOVANA JEZDIMIROVIC RANITO
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    Russia

    1. SAS Veterans Suspected of Training Russian Soldiers for War in Ukraine — The Telegraph
    2. “Mission Accomplished” Undone: Africa Corps Loses Ground Wagner Once Held in Mali
    3. Russia’s Road to El Dorado
    4. The military correspondent showed the liquidated Brazilian mercenaries
    5. Niger's thwarted mutiny highlights junta's dependence on Russia
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    Legal

    1. The Matthew Vandyke Affair: How Western Drone Mercenaries Infiltrated India’s Borders—New Delhi Is Succumbing to US Pressure!
    2. NIA Says Terror Probe Against US ‘Mercenary’ Matthew VanDyke, 6 Ukrainians Is Not Over — Here’s What’s Going On
    3. No Terror Charges Yet On US Mercenary Matthew VanDyke, 6 Ukrainians In 'Drone Training' Case
    4. In big twist, NIA doesn't invoke terror charges against US mercenary, others
    5. Security breach case: NIA files chargesheet against Van Dyke, other foreigners; does not invoke UAPA
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    Outsourcing/Privatization

    1. NO RAIN IN ST. JAMES'S
    2. Doug Brooks
    3. The Perils of Privatized Cyberwarfare
    4. THE LONG SHADOW OF THE SWORD-FOR-HIRE: Part Two: The Corporate Sovereign
    5. Details of the proposed U.S. Senate authorization for contractor-led military cyber operations
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