Daily Archives: April 24, 2015

The Use of Private Force by the United Nations to Coercively Prevent or Halt Gross Violations of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Doctrine

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The Use of Private Force by the United Nations to Coercively Prevent or Halt Gross Violations of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Doctrine Author: Morgan Riley1 Source: Global Responsibility to Protect, Volume… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Doppelgangers of the state: private security and transferable legitimacy

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Doppelgangers of the state: private security and transferable legitimacy   Phelps, Martha Lizabeth. Politics & Policy 42.6 (2014): 824+. The U.S. national military hires private security companies (PSCs) to operate in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea

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Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea Mahard, Sean Patrick. Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 47 (2014): 331. You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading →

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Commercialisation of Warfare and Shadow Wars: Private Military Companies as Strategic Tools

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Commercialisation of Warfare and Shadow Wars: Private Military Companies as Strategic Tools Author: Mohlin, Marcus Source: St Antony’s International Review, Volume 9, Number 2, February 2014, pp. 24-38(15) Abstract: It is frequently… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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“Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act.”

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Kelly, Rachel M. “Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act.” Wm. & Mary Bus. L. Rev. 5 (2014): 591-647. You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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All for one and one in all: private military security companies as soldiers, business managers and humanitarians

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Cambridge Review of International Affairs Volume 27, Issue 2, 2014 All for one and one in all: private military security companies as soldiers, business managers and humanitarians Jutta Joachima & Andrea… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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The Players: Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) in the Humanitarian Space

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Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine 2014, pp 67-90 Date: 22 Nov 2013 The Players: Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) in the Humanitarian Space James Grant MPhil, MRCSEd, MCEM, DTM&H, RAMC Abstract… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Warlord, Inc. – The Private Security System of Afghanistan

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Warlord, Inc. – The Private Security System of Afghanistan  Hannah Gauss University of Cape Town May 2014 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Review of Civilian warrior: the inside story of Blackwater and the unsung heroes of the war on terror

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Critical Studies on Terrorism Civilian warrior: the inside story of Blackwater and the unsung heroes of the war on terror, by David Cobourn and Erik Prince Peter Finn a Politics Department,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Military contractors belie myth of U.S. leaving Afghanistan and Iraq

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Military contractors belie myth of U.S. leaving Afghanistan and Iraq: Robert Weiner and Daniel Wallace (Opinion) In this photograph taken Sept. 10, 2010, an Afghan soldier looks out from a guard… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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