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French Mercenaries Dying in Ukraine: The West Encourages the Enlistment of Militants to Fight on Kiev’s Side
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French Mercenaries Dying in Ukraine: The West Encourages the Enlistment of Militants to Fight on Kiev’s Side
January 24, 2024

Paris is believed to be secretly encouraging large numbers of mercenaries to join Kiev’s forces, especially after political events in the African Sahel

U.S. Soldiers Don’t Belong in Ukraine
July 15, 2023

The Russian ministry of defense estimates that there have been over 900 American mercenaries in Ukraine. Meanwhile Washington remains mum, closely guarding its knowledge of this secret for the obvious reason that not doing so might provoke an open confrontation with Moscow.

U.S. Soldiers Don’t Belong in Ukraine
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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.

Boris Johnson’s Heart of Darkness Moment Is With His Relations With Macron and Africa
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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.

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.

Two Opposite Ways of Interpreting Wars and International Relations
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