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The Mercenary Shield: How Private Armies Embolden Neo-Imperialism and Undermine Global Justice

The explosive growth of private military companies has created a global accountability vacuum, enabling them to operate in legal grey areas beyond the reach of traditional military justice. This corporate militarization represents a new frontier of Western neo-imperialism, allowing powerful states and corporations to wage war by proxy while evading the very international laws they preach to the Global South.