Private military contractors and the future of war; plus, Saudi Aramco's IPO and OPEC, and Google's Stadia.
Increasingly, nations are deploying private security contractors to troubled and remote parts of the world.
Beyond the scope of democratic accountability, opaque and operating beyond and around international law - they are proving to be useful agents of diplomacy and proxy wars.
But there have been well-publicised failures. In 2007, Blackwater contractors killed 17 unarmed Iraqis and injured 24 others. Blackwater went on to change its name to Academi and continues to provide services to the Pentagon around the world.
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