Unpacking the Private Military Complex

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    Companies

    1. Similarities between British Est India Company and contemporary private military companies
    2. Erik Prince Business Empire (1995–Present)
    3. Profile of Russian private military company Yastreb
    4. Torture, Extortion, and Murder: General Sent to Pretrial Detention Center in Russia Over Yastreb PMC Case
    5. How does Erik Prince rate as a businessman?
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    Academic

    1. Chinese Private Security Companies and the limit of coercion
    2. Contracting Blowback The Use of Violence by Private Security Companies and Insurgents during the Iraq War
    3. From Nationalization to Privatization The Case of the IDF
    4. Contractors in Iraq Exploited Class or Exclusive Club
    5. US Strategy and the Rise of Private Maritime Security
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    Russia

    1. Ukrainian drone tracks African mercenary fighting on Russia's side
    2. Profile of Russian private military company Yastreb
    3. Torture, Extortion, and Murder: General Sent to Pretrial Detention Center in Russia Over Yastreb PMC Case
    4. Unseen footage reveals how Russia is recycling drones from the Ukrainian front in Africa.
    5. Ukraine war: Don’t join Russian Army – Shehu Sani to Nigerians
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    Legal

    1. India to collect voice samples of arrested Ukrainian and US mercenaries
    2. Profile of Russian private military company Yastreb
    3. Torture, Extortion, and Murder: General Sent to Pretrial Detention Center in Russia Over Yastreb PMC Case
    4. Foreign Mercenary Plot: NIA Court Extends Judicial Custody Of 6 Foreign Nationals Till Aug 1
    5. Special Forces commando at heart of $1.5M-a-month mercenary killing unit funded by royal family: Suit
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    Outsourcing/Privatization

    1. Similarities between British Est India Company and contemporary private military companies
    2. From Nationalization to Privatization The Case of the IDF
    3. Contractors in Iraq Exploited Class or Exclusive Club
    4. The FT just bigged up warlord Erik Prince without blinking an eye
    5. Warfare in a Box: Executive Outcomes and the making of the modern mercenary
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