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June 14, 2026 - PMC 4.0: The Wagner Model
PMC 4.0 The Wagner Model The Periphery Jun 14, 2026 Wagner soldiers in Bakhmut (credit: Photograph: Telegram @concordgroup_official/AFP/Getty) In 2014, great-power politics would return to Europe with vengeance. Russia’s deployment of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 6, 2026 - PMC 3.0: The Blackwater Model
PMC 3.0 The Blackwater Model The Periphery Jun 06, 2026 With the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the US would be shaken from its roaring 90s hangover to see a world that… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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May 31, 2026 - PMC 2.0: Part 1: The South African Model
PMC 2.0 Part 1: The South African Model The Periphery May 31, 2026 The inciting incident of the Rwandan genocide was the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Winter 2024 - OUTSOURCING SECURITY AT SEA The Return of Private Maritime-Security Companies and Their Role in Twenty-First-Century Maritime Security
OUTSOURCING SECURITY AT SEA The Return of Private Maritime-Security Companies and Their Role in Twenty-First-Century Maritime Security Peter W. G. Zhao Naval War College Review Winter 2024 Vol. 77, No. 1… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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October - December 2023 - Guns for hire: the privatization of modern wars
Guns for hire: the privatization of modern wars Maria Grazia Melchionni Guns for Hire Author: Marco Marsili Rivista di Studi Internazionali Ottobre-Dicembre 2023 Vol. 90, No. 4 571-588 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading
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Spring 2021 - Corporate Hackers: Outsourcing US Cyber Capabilities
Corporate Hackers: Outsourcing US Cyber Capabilities Charles W. Mahoney Strategic Studies Quarterly Spring 20121 Vol. 15. No. 1 (Spring) 61-89 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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2021 - Outsourcing Military and Security Functions
Outsourcing Military and Security Functions Nigel D. White AJIL Unbound, 2021 Vol. 115 (2021) pp. 317-321 Cambridge University Prss You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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June 15, 2026 - Projected Pelton PMSC Possibilities (PPPP): The Ghost of PMSC Future
On June 15, 2026 I tasked GeminiAI to produce an estimate per below guidance: Using the writings of Robert Young Pelton draft an estimate of the role played by private military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Spring 2022 - OUTSOURCING VIOLENCE: PARA-INSTITUTIONAL COERCIVE ACTORS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES’ REGIONAL ACTIVISM
OUTSOURCING VIOLENCE: PARA-INSTITUTIONAL COERCIVE ACTORS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES’ REGIONAL ACTIVISM Noureddine Jebnoun The Arab Studies Journal Spring 2022, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 38-79 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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May 1, 2026 - Privatization of War in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Privatization of War in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Counterterrorism Publication Terrorism Monitor Democratic Republic of the Congo Volume 24, Issue 8 05.01.2026 Brian G. Karamuka Privatization of War in Eastern… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 14, 2026 - PMC 4.0: The Wagner Model
PMC 4.0 The Wagner Model The Periphery Jun 14, 2026 Wagner soldiers in Bakhmut (credit: Photograph: Telegram @concordgroup_official/AFP/Getty) In 2014, great-power politics would return to Europe with vengeance. Russia’s deployment of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 6, 2026 - PMC 3.0: The Blackwater Model
PMC 3.0 The Blackwater Model The Periphery Jun 06, 2026 With the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the US would be shaken from its roaring 90s hangover to see a world that… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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May 31, 2026 - PMC 2.0: Part 1: The South African Model
PMC 2.0 Part 1: The South African Model The Periphery May 31, 2026 The inciting incident of the Rwandan genocide was the assassination of Juvenal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira on April… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Winter 2024 - OUTSOURCING SECURITY AT SEA The Return of Private Maritime-Security Companies and Their Role in Twenty-First-Century Maritime Security
OUTSOURCING SECURITY AT SEA The Return of Private Maritime-Security Companies and Their Role in Twenty-First-Century Maritime Security Peter W. G. Zhao Naval War College Review Winter 2024 Vol. 77, No. 1… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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October - December 2023 - Guns for hire: the privatization of modern wars
Guns for hire: the privatization of modern wars Maria Grazia Melchionni Guns for Hire Author: Marco Marsili Rivista di Studi Internazionali Ottobre-Dicembre 2023 Vol. 90, No. 4 571-588 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading
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Spring 2021 - Corporate Hackers: Outsourcing US Cyber Capabilities
Corporate Hackers: Outsourcing US Cyber Capabilities Charles W. Mahoney Strategic Studies Quarterly Spring 20121 Vol. 15. No. 1 (Spring) 61-89 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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2021 - Outsourcing Military and Security Functions
Outsourcing Military and Security Functions Nigel D. White AJIL Unbound, 2021 Vol. 115 (2021) pp. 317-321 Cambridge University Prss You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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June 15, 2026 - Projected Pelton PMSC Possibilities (PPPP): The Ghost of PMSC Future
On June 15, 2026 I tasked GeminiAI to produce an estimate per below guidance: Using the writings of Robert Young Pelton draft an estimate of the role played by private military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Spring 2022 - OUTSOURCING VIOLENCE: PARA-INSTITUTIONAL COERCIVE ACTORS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES’ REGIONAL ACTIVISM
OUTSOURCING VIOLENCE: PARA-INSTITUTIONAL COERCIVE ACTORS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES’ REGIONAL ACTIVISM Noureddine Jebnoun The Arab Studies Journal Spring 2022, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 38-79 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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May 1, 2026 - Privatization of War in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Privatization of War in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Counterterrorism Publication Terrorism Monitor Democratic Republic of the Congo Volume 24, Issue 8 05.01.2026 Brian G. Karamuka Privatization of War in Eastern… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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1988 - The Meaning of Privatization
The Meaning of Privatization Copyright 1988 by Paul Starr. Preferred Citation: Paul Starr, “The Meaning of Privatization,” Yale Law and Policy Review 6 (1988): 6-41. This article also appears in Alfred… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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May 28, 2026 - Cyber Offense: How Far Can Private Organizations Go?
Cyber Offense: How Far Can Private Organizations Go? Rajeev Raghavan, Jared Engelking, Grace Tang Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:15 AM The line between cyber offense and defense is disappearing—but the law… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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May 21, 2026 - Capitalizing on wartime expertise: Ukraine weighs formation, export of for-profit military companies
Capitalizing on wartime expertise: Ukraine weighs formation, export of for-profit military companies Ukrainian servicemen of Khartia brigade check the drone aerial view in the command centre Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Wednesday, May… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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May 12, 2026 - Mercenaries, Private Security, and the Civilian Cost of Outsourced Coercion
Mercenaries, Private Security, and the Civilian Cost of Outsourced Coercion May 12, 2026 by Oluwaseyi Mike Bamigboye Leave a Comment While states still use military force in pursuit of national interests,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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March 27, 2026 - ICE Is Trying to Avoid Oversight by Buying Private Prisons
ICE Is Trying to Avoid Oversight by Buying Private Prisons Katya Schwenk / Jacobin Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on during a Cabinet meeting in Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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March 14, 2026 - Contractors in Every War: Why the U.S. Military Can’t Function Without Them
Contractors in Every War: Why the U.S. Military Can’t Function Without Them March 14, 2026 | Around the World From the moment the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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December 19, 2025 - ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group
ICE Hires Immigrant Bounty Hunters From Private Prison Company GEO Group BI Incorporated, a subsidiary of for-profit prison company GEO Group, will help ICE pinpoint the locations of immigrants. Sam Biddle… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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February 6, 2026 - Assessing Sandline International’s reputation as a private military company
Assessing Sandline International’s reputation as a private military company Joseph Temple & Samantha Newbery Received 06 Feb 2025, Accepted 02 Oct 2025, Published online: 14 Oct 2025 Cite this article https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2025.2572593… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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December 6, 2025 - The return of Erik Prince, America’s notorious mercenary
The return of Erik Prince, America’s notorious mercenary Erik Prince, founder of the controversial private military group Blackwater, was until recently shunned for pushing the boundaries of legality. The former pariah… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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November 10, 2025 - Lawmaker Challenges ICE Plan to Hire Bounty Hunters
Lawmaker Challenges ICE Plan to Hire Bounty Hunters ICE is considering hiring private investigators to track down immigrants inside the United States. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi has questions. Sam Biddle November 10… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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November 7, 2025 - ICE Is Planning to Build a Bounty Hunter Army
11.07.2025 ICE Is Planning to Build a Bounty Hunter Army By Katya Schwenk In addition to the extensive technology at its disposal, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is devising plans for a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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September 29, 2025 - Senator ‘alarmed’ about barracks privatization, seeks answers from DOD
Senator ‘alarmed’ about barracks privatization, seeks answers from DOD By Karen Jowers Monday, Sep 29, 2025 Construction of a new privatized barracks project is underway at Fort Irwin, California, scheduled for completion in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 19, 2025 - The Prince of War
Ben Makuch June 19, 2025 The Prince of War Everything Erik Prince touches turns to shit Wikimedia Commons/The Baffler Word Factory In the early aughts, the global war on terror—as the U.S.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 3, 2025 - Feudalism Is Our Future
Ideas Feudalism Is Our Future What the next Dark Ages could look like By Cullen Murphy Illustration by Ben Hickey June 3, 2025, 7 AM ET Listen 1.0x 0:0019:48 Judging from… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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May 28, 2025 - U.S. Military Contractor Reportedly Looking To Send Haitian-American Mercenaries To Fight Gangs
U.S. Military Contractor Reportedly Looking To Send Haitian-American Mercenaries To Fight Gangs Erik Prince has reached a deal with Haiti’s transitional government that also involves operating drones and target gang members… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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May 29, 2025 - Drone Wars and Dollars: Haiti Hiring Mercenaries To Fight Gangs.
Drone Wars and Dollars: Haiti Hiring Mercenaries To Fight Gangs By Editor– May 29, 2025 The Haitian government has signed a deal to employ mercenaries to fight gangs. Image by Editor.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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May 28, 2025 - A Desperate Haiti Turns to Erik Prince, Trump Ally, in Fight Against Gangs
A Desperate Haiti Turns to Erik Prince, Trump Ally, in Fight Against Gangs The Haitian government has signed a contract with Mr. Prince, the private military contractor who founded Blackwater, a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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March 24, 2025 - The mercenaries who took on Northern California’s hippies resurface
The mercenaries who took on Northern California’s hippies resurface ‘It was like a nightmare,’ a tree-sitter said of Lear’s psychological warfare Paul Trouette, the CEO of Lear Asset Management, stares down… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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March 16, 2025 - ‘Maga since forever’: mercenary mogul Erik Prince pushes to privatize Trump deportation plans
‘Maga since forever’: mercenary mogul Erik Prince pushes to privatize Trump deportation plans Notorious Blackwater founder is lobbying allies in White House for private contractors to assist in mass deportations Never… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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March 14, 2025 - The Return of Erik Prince: How a Notorious Military Contractor Maneuvered His Way Back Inside Trump’s Orbit
The Return of Erik Prince: How a Notorious Military Contractor Maneuvered His Way Back Inside Trump’s Orbit Zachary Cohen, Phil Mattingly and Priscilla Alvarez / CNN Secretary of State Marco Rubio,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
