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June 18, 2025 - Contracting of Former PMC Blackwater Founder Erik Prince by the Haitian Government for Port-au-Prince Intervention
Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 58: Contracting of Former PMC Blackwater Founder Erik Prince by the Haitian Government for Port-au-Prince Intervention by Robert Bunker, by John P. Sullivan, by Jean-michel Newberg |06.18.2025… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 16, 2026 - Africa Corps Shifts Tactics in Mali
Africa Corps Shifts Tactics in Mali Russian mercenaries take “backseat role” as they move out of contested areas and rely on air operations By ADFJune 16, 20264 Mins Read Africa Corps… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 2, 2026 - Erik Prince & Dorian Barak — known linkages
Erik Prince & Dorian Barak — known linkages All publicly documented connections, ~2012–2024 · Erik Prince American businessman & former Navy SEAL. Founded Blackwater (1997, sold 2010), Presidential Airways, Frontier Resource… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 1, 2026 - Note to Readers
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June 1, 2026 - Erik Prince: Companies he founded or is Involved In
Erik Prince: Companies he founded or is Involved In I’m playing around with various AIs; trying to get a better sense of how useful they can be in the PMSC sector.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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- NEW search features added to IISS
The site continues to improve. Note the new search features –Browse by Category and Top Categories at the bottom of the home page. You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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- IISS is BACK and Better than Ever
In the past year plus I have not posted every day for various reasons. One of them was that the site was overdue for some major changes So, after 14 years… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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May 25, 2026 - From Bogotá to El Fasher
May 25, 2026 From Bogotá to El Fasher The UAE’s Role in the Deployment of Colombian Fighters and Other Backing to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe … Continue reading
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March 6, 2026 - Foreign Volunteer Units in Ukraine Are Being Reorganized, Not Disbanded.
Foreign Volunteer Units in Ukraine Are Being Reorganized, Not Disbanded. Journalist Shostal Oleksandr 06.03.2026 75 Foreign Volunteer Units in Ukraine Are Being Reorganized, Not Disbanded International Legions Integrated into Ukraine’s Armed… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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January 7, 2026 - Will Trump Allow Private Equity to Gut the Army Too?
Will Trump Allow Private Equity to Gut the Army Too? By Margaret Mullins and Ben Dinovelli Published on January 7, 2026 Listen to Article The Trump administration wants to recruit a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 18, 2025 - Contracting of Former PMC Blackwater Founder Erik Prince by the Haitian Government for Port-au-Prince Intervention
Third Generation Gangs Strategic Note No. 58: Contracting of Former PMC Blackwater Founder Erik Prince by the Haitian Government for Port-au-Prince Intervention by Robert Bunker, by John P. Sullivan, by Jean-michel Newberg |06.18.2025… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 16, 2026 - Africa Corps Shifts Tactics in Mali
Africa Corps Shifts Tactics in Mali Russian mercenaries take “backseat role” as they move out of contested areas and rely on air operations By ADFJune 16, 20264 Mins Read Africa Corps… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 2, 2026 - Erik Prince & Dorian Barak — known linkages
Erik Prince & Dorian Barak — known linkages All publicly documented connections, ~2012–2024 · Erik Prince American businessman & former Navy SEAL. Founded Blackwater (1997, sold 2010), Presidential Airways, Frontier Resource… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 1, 2026 - Note to Readers
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June 1, 2026 - Erik Prince: Companies he founded or is Involved In
Erik Prince: Companies he founded or is Involved In I’m playing around with various AIs; trying to get a better sense of how useful they can be in the PMSC sector.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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In the past year plus I have not posted every day for various reasons. One of them was that the site was overdue for some major changes So, after 14 years… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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May 25, 2026 - From Bogotá to El Fasher
May 25, 2026 From Bogotá to El Fasher The UAE’s Role in the Deployment of Colombian Fighters and Other Backing to the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe … Continue reading
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March 6, 2026 - Foreign Volunteer Units in Ukraine Are Being Reorganized, Not Disbanded.
Foreign Volunteer Units in Ukraine Are Being Reorganized, Not Disbanded. Journalist Shostal Oleksandr 06.03.2026 75 Foreign Volunteer Units in Ukraine Are Being Reorganized, Not Disbanded International Legions Integrated into Ukraine’s Armed… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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January 7, 2026 - Will Trump Allow Private Equity to Gut the Army Too?
Will Trump Allow Private Equity to Gut the Army Too? By Margaret Mullins and Ben Dinovelli Published on January 7, 2026 Listen to Article The Trump administration wants to recruit a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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December 14, 2025 - Woman Charged Over False U.S. Mercenary Claims Tied to Cambodia
Woman Charged Over False U.S. Mercenary Claims Tied to Cambodia By Khaosod English – December 14, 2025 9:08 pm Messages and images containing false claims shared in a LINE group are… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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September 7, 2025 - Blackwater founder and Maga disciple Erik Prince pitching services in Ukraine
Blackwater founder and Maga disciple Erik Prince pitching services in Ukraine This article is more than 2 months old Sources say Prince, whose firm’s contractors committed 2007 Iraq massacre, eager to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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June 6, 2025 - Erik Prince brings his mercenaries to Haiti. What could go wrong?
Erik Prince brings his mercenaries to Haiti. What could go wrong? The former Blackwater founder and global gun for hire wants to get back into the Washington game, big time. Reporting… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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September 2013 - The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’
The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’. By: Fraser, Ben, Journal of Military Ethics, 15027570, Sep2013, Vol. 12, Issue 3 The Reluctant Mercenary: Vulnerability and the ‘Whores of War’ Contents… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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March 10, 2023 - Rights experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners
UN News Global perspective Human stories Rights experts ‘deeply disturbed’ by Russian Wagner Group recruitment of prisoners © UNOCHA/Matteo Minasi A house in Makariv, in Ukraine, destroyed as a result of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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February 22, 2024 - Ukraine opens National Guard service to foreigners under new decree
Ukraine opens National Guard service to foreigners under new decree The New Voice of Ukraine 22 February 2024·1-min read Volodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine since 2019 Fighters of the Spartan National… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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March 3, 2024 - After Prigozhin: The Anatomy of Russia’s Evolving Private Military and Mercenary Industry
After Prigozhin: The Anatomy of Russia’s Evolving Private Military and Mercenary Industry By: Sergey Sukhankin March 3, 2024 09:58 AM Age: 4 days (Source: RBK) Executive Summary: The Russian mercenary industry… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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February 23, 2024 - A British Mercenary’s Reflection: Ukraine’s Triumph and the West’s Introspection
A British Mercenary’s Reflection: Ukraine’s Triumph and the West’s Introspection Discover the courageous tales of Western volunteers in Ukraine, their dedication to upholding democratic values, and the challenges they face amidst… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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October 23, 2023 - Posthumous Honors For Murder Convict Spark Outrage In Russian Town
October 23, 2023 19:45 GMT Posthumous Honors For Murder Convict Spark Outrage In Russian Town By Andrei Besedin Nadir Gizatullin was serving a 19-year sentence for murder when he agreed, as… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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February 10, 2024 - Erik Prince Calls for U.S. to Colonize Africa and Latin America
a memberOpens in a new tab Erik Prince Calls for U.S. to Colonize Africa and Latin America What could possibly go wrong? Jon Schwarz February 10 2024, 7:00 a.m. Erik Prince… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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February 2, 2024 - Private security companies have taken de facto control of London’s streets
Private security companies have taken de facto control of London’s streets Oxford Street and Regent Street are now routinely patrolled by men and women dressed in black jumpsuits and boots JOE… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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January 24, 2024 - Note to Readers
I apologize for the site being down for the past week and a half or so. Somehow the database containing everything in this blog was deleted. I don’t know if it… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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December 11, 2022 - Kremlin Ideologists Go All Out To Romanticize Vicious Wagner ‘Private Military Company’
A photo published by the Security Service of Ukraine purports to show Wagner Group mercenaries at an unidentified location. (ssu.gov.ua) Kremlin Ideologists Go All Out To Romanticize Vicious Wagner ‘Private Military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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December 20, 2022 - Mozart Group of ex-special forces ‘adds serious value’ to Ukraine troops
Mozart Group of ex-special forces ‘adds serious value’ to Ukraine troops Former soldiers’ success puts them on assassination list for Russian Wagner Group mercenaries, security source tells The National You must be logged in to view this content. Click here … Continue reading
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January 25, 2023 - British volunteers named Mozart Group launch life saving missions to thwart Putin’s war
British volunteers named Mozart Group launch life saving missions to thwart Putin’s war Western special forces veterans have been taking the fight to Vladimir Putin in Ukraine as part of the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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May 18, 2023 - 20.500.12592/rsnh2q What Happens Next with the Wagner Group?
What Happens Next with the Wagner Group? 18 May 2023 Summary Bottom Line The Wagner Group is hemorrhaging fighters on the battlefield in Ukraine while its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, continues to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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September 2023 - The Wagner Group: A Model for Future Russian Foreign Policy in Africa
The Wagner Group: A Model for Future Russian Foreign Policy in Africa by Riley Moeder State Resilience & Fragility⠀/⠀Civil-Military Relations 20 Minute Read A demonstrator holds a Russian flag with the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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- Wagner’s Head is Dead, Now Bury the Body
Wagner’s Head is Dead, Now Bury the Body Bottom Line The core of Wagner leadership was effectively decapitated with the deaths of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitri Uktin, but the group’s fingerprints… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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September 11, 2023 - After Prigozhin’s death, a high-stakes scramble for his empire
After Prigozhin’s death, a high-stakes scramble for his empire An impromptu memorial for Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group who died in a plane crash in Russia, in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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September 8, 2023 - Up to €3,400 per month: Meet the Spanish company recruiting fighters for Ukraine
Up to €3,400 per month: Meet the Spanish company recruiting fighters for Ukraine By Laura Llach Published on 08/09/2023 – 06:30•Updated 10:02 A Spanish company recruiting volunteers to fight in Ukraine claims… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
