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    1. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency and the Information Work of the Nineteenth-Century Surveillance State
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    3. Noncitizen Soldiers: Explaining Foreign Recruitment by Modern State Militaries
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    1. FLAG OF CONVENIENCE
    2. Prigozhin's Gambit: The Future of Wagner in Belarus
    3. The Wagner Group in Africa: Russia's Quasi-State Agent of Influence.
    4. The U.S. trafficking in persons report again highlights the recruitment of Cubans as mercenaries in Ukraine
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    2. ORYX AFGHANISTAN, FARHAN YUSEFZAI, v. CONSTELLIS, LLC...
    3. JIMMIE WARREN V.. DS/CONSTELLIS GROUP and TARR INDEMNITY & LIABILITY COMPANY
    4. Colombia’s Legal Aid for Accused Mercenaries Deepens Controversy in Haiti Assassination Case
    5. A DEATH IN SYRIA, A CLAIM IN DELAWARE
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    1. Pinkerton's National Detective Agency and the Information Work of the Nineteenth-Century Surveillance State
    2. Noncitizen Soldiers: Explaining Foreign Recruitment by Modern State Militaries
    3. In-House Vs. Outsourced Trolls: How Digital Mercenaries Shape State Influence Strategies.
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