Geopolitics and the dogs of war.

The privatisation of foreign affairs.

Battle of Trenton, New Jersey, c1776, Library of Congress.

In this week’s Not in Dispatches, we look at the intersection of geopolitics and the world’s second-oldest profession (alongside all the others): mercenaries.

This is perhaps a natural jump from last week’s edition, in which we examined another constant in foreign affairs: organised crime. Like th…