1.0Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satirehttps://iissonline.net/2026rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="vN6Fl6muxK"><a href="https://iissonline.net/2026/david-isenberg%e2%80%99s-pmsc-writings/">Publications</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://iissonline.net/2026/david-isenberg%e2%80%99s-pmsc-writings/embed/#?secret=vN6Fl6muxK" width="600" height="338" title="“Publications” — Isenberg Institute of Strategic Satire" data-secret="vN6Fl6muxK" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://iissonline.net/2026/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> David Isenberg’s Private Military and Security Contracting Writings I have been observing, researching, and writing on private military and security contracting (PMSC) since the early 1990s, back when the only firms anybody paid attention to were Executive Outcomes, Sandline, and … Continue reading →