Unpacking the Private Military Complex

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    1. Dogs of war: Russia's corporate warriors in armed conflicts
    2. Putin’s Invisible Army
    3. Aircraft Linked to US Contractor Used to Supply Weapons to Sudan’s RSF: Report
    4. Boeings identified in Reuters report carried weapons for Sudanese paramilitary, UN experts find
    5. Rep. Castro Urges Oversight of Erik Prince’s ‘Drone War’ in Haiti as Trump Pentagon Pushes for Closer Ties
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    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. Dogs of war: Russia's corporate warriors in armed conflicts
    2. Putin’s Invisible Army
    3. Russia lists Cuban mercenary as killed in action, but Ukraine says it captured him in Kharkiv oblast
    4. State or Nonstate: The Wagner Group's Role in Contemporary Intrastate Conflicts Worldwide
    5. The Wagner Group in Africa: Legal Status and Accountability During Non-International Armed Conflicts
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    Legal

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

    1. Militarized surveillance — How outsourcing to private actors Is reshaping governance and accountability
    2. LAST ROUND AT THE HAY-ADAMS
    3. THE TERMINAL BRIEFING
    4. Shadows of the New Feudalism
    5. Private Military Security Companies, Redefining the State, and Implications on the Future of Armed Conflict
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