Unpacking the Private Military Complex

David Isenberg

THE VERMAAK ADDRESS

Danie Vermaak was seventy-one years old and had not worn a suit voluntarily in a decade. He wore one now, badly, the way a man wears a uniform he's proud…

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    Companies

    1. Pakistan’s latest Trump bet is on drone firm already selling to India
    2. Ukraine experiences surge in private security firms specializing in anti-drone protection for businesses
    3. Firm that brokered ICE's warehouse deals wins $655 million contract to build at sites from Honolulu to Guantánamo Bay
    4. Follow the Money - August 2026: ICE Pivots Beyond the Warehouse Strategy
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    1. Russian Geo-Strategic and Economic Interests and Wagner Group’s Deployment in Libyan and Syrian Conflicts
    2. Deconstructing Plausible Deniability and Attributing Responsibility for the Conduct of Private Military Companies
    3. Strategic Blindness in the Sahel: Russian Influence and EU Security
    4. Soldiers of Misfortune: Mercenaries and Digital Propaganda in Africa
    5. Responding to unjust vis: confronting unjust proxy warfare
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    1. Colombian mercenaries flock to rescue a 'cauldron' in Kharkiv.
    2. Russia recruits mercenaries around the world: citizens of 55 countries are captured in Ukraine
    3. Niger Mutiny Highlights Russia’s Regime Protection Role
    4. Russian Geo-Strategic and Economic Interests and Wagner Group’s Deployment in Libyan and Syrian Conflicts
    5. Strategic Blindness in the Sahel: Russian Influence and EU Security
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    Legal

    1. More arrests made in Haitian president's 2021 assassination
    2. 18 suspects in 2021 Haiti president’s killing sent to US for trial
    3. US expands its prosecution of 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president
    4. Delhi court grants default bail to 6 Ukrainians in Myanmar drone training camp case
    5. Deconstructing Plausible Deniability and Attributing Responsibility for the Conduct of Private Military Companies
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    Outsourcing/Privatization

    1. THE VERMAAK ADDRESS
    2. THE CONTRACT CENTURY
    3. THE CORDILLERA PROTOCOL
    4. Professor Christopher Kinsey
    5. AI, Drones and Digital Surveillance, carry out cyber operations and support participation in conflict
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