Unpacking the Private Military Complex

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    Companies

    1. SONS OF SINAI-/ ABNAA SINAI business profile
    2. MORAN SECURITY GROUP
    3. Dogs of war: Russia's corporate warriors in armed conflicts
    4. Putin’s Invisible Army
    5. Aircraft Linked to US Contractor Used to Supply Weapons to Sudan’s RSF: Report
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    Academic

    1. The Running of the Bears: When Contractors Obstruct U.S. Foreign Policy
    2. State or Nonstate: The Wagner Group's Role in Contemporary Intrastate Conflicts Worldwide
    3. The Wagner Group in Africa: Legal Status and Accountability During Non-International Armed Conflicts
    4. Mercenary Ambiguities in Conflict Zones: A Critical Analysis of the Wagner Group in the Russia-Ukraine Context
    5. Wagner’s Role in Russia Foreign Policy in Africa: Case of Mali Since 2021
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    Russia

    1. Sanctioned Russian ship delivers armored vehicles to Mali
    2. A mercenary from Latvia was sentenced in the DPR
    3. Rights group accuses Russia's Africa Corps of unlawful strike that killed civilians in Mali
    4. Mali: Russia’s ‘Africa Corps’ Airstrikes Kill Civilians
    5. MORAN SECURITY GROUP
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    Legal

    1. A mercenary from Latvia was sentenced in the DPR
    2. The Wagner Group in Africa: Legal Status and Accountability During Non-International Armed Conflicts
    3. Before compliance – ex-ante decision making in the design of military AI capabilities and the need to unravel the private technology sector’s role
    4. Outsourcing Military AI to Private Tech Companies Compared to Other Privatisation in Warfare, and Beyond: What’s New?
    5. The Privatisation of War and the International Law to Combat It
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    Outsourcing/Privatization

    1. THE LAST HONEST MERCENARY
    2. Militarized surveillance — How outsourcing to private actors Is reshaping governance and accountability
    3. LAST ROUND AT THE HAY-ADAMS
    4. THE TERMINAL BRIEFING
    5. Shadows of the New Feudalism
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