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It was the kind of dirty, violent work the Bastards were made for. Protect a bunch of colonists in the Epsilon Eridani system, whose moon had become a war zone as megacorp-backed mercenaries fought a brutal proxy war. Just the kind of fight the penal mercenary legion liked. But a hundred headless corpses are hard to explain, even for the Bastard Legion, and soon they are on the run, abandoned by their allies, and hunted by their most dangerous foe yet - but Miska's going to play them at her own game. The Bastard Legion: the galaxy's most dangerous criminals controlled by implanted explosives and trained by the electronic ghost of a dead marine.
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Economist video. Inside the Russian arson plot in London
What does an arson attack on a warehouse in London have to do with the Russian Wagner Group? Of the five men convicted for the blaze none were Russian citizens. This is part of Vladimir Putin's plan to cause trouble in the West.
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The Bastard Legion. Book one
Four hundred years in the future, the most dangerous criminals are kept in suspended animation aboard prison ships and 'rehabilitated' in a shared virtual reality environment. But Miska Corbin, a thief and hacker with a background in black ops, has stolen one of these ships, the Hangman's Daughter, and made it her own. Controlled by explosive collars and trained in virtual reality by the electronic ghost of a dead marine sergeant, the thieves, gangsters, murderers, and worse are transformed into Miska's own private indentured army: the Bastard Legion. Are the mercenaries just for fun and profit, or does Miska have a hidden purpose connected to her covert past?
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Economist video. Why is Vladimir Putin expanding in Africa?
Why is Vladimir Putin sending troops to Africa? After years of using a secretive military company to train violent African regimes, Russian forces are stepping out of the shadows and consolidating Putin's influence in the region.
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Friendly fire
The Bastard Legion are hired to pull off a daring power-armoured heist of propriety tech. Getting the tech will be hard. Getting off the planet, deadly. Four hundred years in the future, the most dangerous criminals are kept in suspended animation aboard prison ships and \"rehabilitated\" in a shared virtual reality environment. But Miska Storrow, a thief and hacker with a background in black ops, has stolen one of these ships, the Hangman's Daughter, and made it her own. Controlled by explosive collars and trained in virtual reality by the electronic ghost of a dead marine sergeant, the thieves, gangsters, murderers, and worse are transformed into Miska's own private indentured army: the Bastard Legion.
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State Control over Private Military and Security Companies in Armed Conflict
The past two decades have witnessed the rapid proliferation of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in armed conflicts around the world, with PMSCs participating in, for example, offensive combat, prisoner interrogation and the provision of advice and training. The extensive outsourcing of military and security activities has challenged conventional conceptions of the state as the primary holder of coercive power and raised concerns about the reduction in state control over the use of violence. Hannah Tonkin critically analyses the international obligations on three key states - the hiring state, the home state and the host state of a PMSC - and identifies the circumstances in which PMSC misconduct may give rise to state responsibility. This analysis will facilitate the assessment of state responsibility in cases of PMSC misconduct and set standards to guide states in developing their domestic laws and policies on private security.
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Marque and Reprisal : the spheres of public and private warfare
\"Letters of marque\" might suggest privateers of the Elizabethan era or the American Revolution. But such conventions are duly covered in the US Constitution, and the private military instruments they sanction are very much at work today in the form of mercenaries and military contractors. A history of such practices up to the present day, Marque and Reprisal by Kenneth B. Moss offers unique insight into the role of private actors in military conflicts and the reason they are increasingly deployed in our day.Along with an overview of mercenaries and privateers, Marque and Reprisal provides a comprehensive history of the \"marque and reprisal\" clause in the US Constitution, reminding us that it is not as arcane as it seems and arguing that it is not a license for all forms of undeclared war. Within this historical context Moss explains why governments and states have sought control over warfare and actors-and why private actors have reappeared in force in recent conflicts. He also looks ahead to the likelihood that cyberwar will become an important venue for \"private warfare.\" Moss wonders if international law will be up to the challenges of private military actors in the digital realm. Is international law, in fact, equipped to meet the challenges increasingly presented in our day by such extramilitary activity?A government makes no more serious decision than whether to resort to military force and war; and when doing so, Moss suggests, it should ensure that such actions are accountable, not on the sly, and not decided in the marketplace. Marque and Reprisal should inform future deliberations and decisions on that count.
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Marque and Reprisal
\"Letters of marque\" might suggest privateers of the Elizabethan era
or the American Revolution. But such conventions are duly covered
in the US Constitution, and the private military instruments they
sanction are very much at work today in the form of mercenaries and
military contractors. A history of such practices up to the present
day, Marque and Reprisal by Kenneth B. Moss offers unique
insight into the role of private actors in military conflicts and
the reason they are increasingly deployed in our day. Along with an
overview of mercenaries and privateers, Marque and
Reprisal provides a comprehensive history of the \"marque and
reprisal\" clause in the US Constitution, reminding us that it is
not as arcane as it seems and arguing that it is not a license for
all forms of undeclared war. Within this historical context Moss
explains why governments and states have sought control over
warfare and actors-and why private actors have reappeared in force
in recent conflicts. He also looks ahead to the likelihood that
cyberwar will become an important venue for \"private warfare.\" Moss
wonders if international law will be up to the challenges of
private military actors in the digital realm. Is international law,
in fact, equipped to meet the challenges increasingly presented in
our day by such extramilitary activity? A government makes no more
serious decision than whether to resort to military force and war;
and when doing so, Moss suggests, it should ensure that such
actions are accountable, not on the sly, and not decided in the
marketplace. Marque and Reprisal should inform future
deliberations and decisions on that count.
eBook