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The New Gold Rush
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The New Gold Rush
April 19, 2022

How Pentagon Contractors Are Cashing in on the Ukraine Crisis By William D. HARTUNG and Julia GLEDHILL The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought immense suffering to the people of that land, while sparking calls for increased military spending in […]

Boris Johnson’s Heart of Darkness Moment Is With His Relations With Macron and Africa
January 24, 2022

What links Britain’s own migrant crisis from France’s shores and British squaddies in Mali? Unwanted asylum seekers.

Martin Jay
Boris Johnson’s Heart of Darkness Moment Is With His Relations With Macron and Africa
World
Who Won in Afghanistan? Private Contractors
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Who Won in Afghanistan? Private Contractors
January 4, 2022

The US military spent $14 trillion during the two decades of war; those who benefited ranged from major manufacturers to entrepreneurs.

Interview: How the Libyan Landscape Is Changing As New Players Get Boots on the Ground
January 16, 2020

Martin Jay asks the Tripoli-based analyst Mohamed Eljarh for his take on who are the winners and losers of Russia and Turkey being on opposite sides in Libya.

Martin Jay
Interview: How the Libyan Landscape Is Changing As New Players Get Boots on the Ground
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The War in Afghanistan Is a Fraud (and Now We Have Proof)
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The War in Afghanistan Is a Fraud (and Now We Have Proof)
January 11, 2020

Donald Trump just cut food stamps to 700,000 people, impacting more than a million children, but we’re funding fucking ghosts? Maybe we could start a campaign asking the ghost soldiers to donate some of their supper to the starving kids of America.

Two Opposite Ways of Interpreting Wars and International Relations
September 7, 2019

In the US-and-allied nations, the standard way of interpreting wars and international relations is archetypally exemplified by the internationally respected award-winning American war-journalist Marie Colvin.

Eric Zuesse
Two Opposite Ways of Interpreting Wars and International Relations
Security
UN Works with Intelligence Contractors to Destabilize North Korea Dialogue
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UN Works with Intelligence Contractors to Destabilize North Korea Dialogue
March 17, 2019

Much like previous reports, the United Nation’s Panel of Experts (PoE) on North Korea utilized misleadingly interpreted satellite footage provided by private firms who have contractual connections to the CIA and Pentagon.

London and Paris Hypocritical on Private Military Firms
February 12, 2019

The groaning, hair pulling, and gnashing of the teeth in London, Paris, and Washington about Russian PMCs in Africa and elsewhere ignore the ignoble pasts of British, French, and American mercenaries.

Wayne Madsen
London and Paris Hypocritical on Private Military Firms
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