Unpacking the Private Military Complex

David Isenberg

THE ART OF WAR (FOR PROFIT)

“I want us to fill it,” Prince corrected. “You. The Trump family. You have a base of millions who believe in strength, in winning, in not apologizing. You have a…

More Stories

IISS Analysis

Strategic Satirical Fiction

This word cloud shows the most common categories for articles on this site.
Click a category to filter the timeline, or switch to article view to see the most recent articles in that category.

Select view:

    Browse by Category

    Top Categories

    Companies

    1. Asia bound: shareholder capitalism, corporate psychopathy and psychopathic leadership
    2. Customs and Border Protection hires legal contractor for up to $9.2 million after flood of lawsuits against the agency
    3. Ghosts on Board: Why Russia sends classified passengers to Africa
    4. Follow the Money - September 2026: ICE and CBP End Fiscal Year Investing Billions into Border and Detention Construction Projects
    5. Homeland Security eyes no-bid deal for AI-assisted search of billions of communication records
    View all →

    Academic

    1. Regulation and control of private military companies The legislative dimension
    2. Private military companies – Russian great power politics on the cheap?
    3. The competence–control trade-off in military AI innovation: Autonomous weapons systems and shifting modes of state control over private experts
    4. United States defence contractors and the future of military operations
    5. PMSCs meet AI-driven swarm drones: the paradigm-shifting issues of accountability
    View all →

    Russia

    1. Russia claims to have arrested a German "mercenary"
    2. Russia’s extensive recruitment of Africans for Ukraine war reaches even Madagascar
    3. Russia targets vulnerable African states to offset Ukraine war losses — Bloomberg
    4. Mali: Army, Russia’s ‘Africa Corps’ Commit New Abuses, HRW Says
    5. Mali: Army, Russia’s ‘Africa Corps’ Commit New Abuses
    View all →

    Legal

    1. US mercenary VanDyke returns to India, Delhi court allows longer stay abroad
    2. Military Service Contractors Should Reconsider Their Risk Management Strategies in Wake of SCOTUS Ending ‘Battlefield Preemption’ of State Law Tort Claims
    3. Supreme Court Realigns Government Contractor Defense
    4. Finland’s Prosecution of Russian Mercenary: The Rusich Appellate Ruling and War Crimes Accountability
    5. PMSCs meet AI-driven swarm drones: the paradigm-shifting issues of accountability
    View all →

    Outsourcing/Privatization

    1. THE ART OF WAR (FOR PROFIT)
    2. THE LEDGER OF SMALL GUNS
    3. Intelligence Contracting On the Motivations, Interests, and Capabilities of Core Personnel Contractors in the US Intelligence Community
    4. NINETY DAYS IN PORT SABINE
    5. THE LICENSE TO FIGHT
    View all →

    Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire

    View all categories as Articles View all categories in a Timeline
    October 2026
    MTWTFSS
     1234
    567891011
    12131415161718
    19202122232425
    262728293031 
    November 2026
    MTWTFSS
     1
    2345678
    9101112131415
    16171819202122
    23242526272829
    30