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Guns for Hire, States in Ruin: An International Regulatory Framework to Combat the Exploitation of Weak States by Private Military Companie
Guns for Hire, States in Ruin: An International Regulatory Framework to Combat the Exploitation of Weak States by Private Military Companies You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Unmanned Threats, Untapped Billions: Writing the Rulebook for the Next Massive Security Market
Unmanned Threats, Untapped Billions: Writing the Rulebook for the Next Massive Security Market By Doug Brooks visibility 3 Pages 2026, LinkedIn Middle East Studies, Regulation And Governance, Risk Management, Insurance, UAV… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Meaning of Privatization
The Meaning of Privatization Copyright 1988 by Paul Starr. Preferred Citation: Paul Starr, “The Meaning of Privatization,” Yale Law and Policy Review 6 (1988): 6-41. This article also appears in Alfred… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Symposium on PMSCs: Revisiting the International Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies in the Digital Age
Symposium on PMSCs: Revisiting the International Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies in the Digital Age opiniojuris.org/2025/07/16/symposium-on-pmscs-revisiting-the-international-regulation-of-private-military-and-security-companies-in-the-digital-age July 16, 2025 16 Jul Symposium on PMSCs: Revisiting the International Regulation of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Military Companies: Wagner Group as a Mode
Private Military Companies: Wagner Group as a Model By Houssam Mhanna About the author Houssam Mhanna Lebanese University, Graduate Student Political Sociology, International Relations, Private International Law, War Studies, Political Science… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Empire’s Labor: The Global Army That Supports U.S. Wars
Empire’s Labor: The Global Army That Supports U.S. Wars Adam Moore Copyright Date: 2019 Published by: Cornell University Press Pages: 264 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv310vk02 Table of Contents Select all Front Matter (pp. i-vi)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Russia’s state capture strategy in Africa, from Wagner to the Africa corps
Russia’s state capture strategy in Africa, from Wagner to the Africa corps Federico Manfredi Firmian Pages 783-812 | Received 19 Aug 2024, Accepted 18 Nov 2024, Published online: 04 Dec 2024… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Is the Sahel redefining its security? African agency, private military companies, and the changing face of security partnership
Is the Sahel redefining its security? African agency, private military companies, and the changing face of security partnership You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
The Unsettling Emergence of African Agency Through the Use of Russian Private Military Companies
The Unsettling Emergence of African Agency Through the Use of Russian Private Military Companies Mike Bamigboye Nov 6 2024 AfricaPMCsPrivate securityWagner Group If the increasing engagement of Russian private military companies… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private force in Africa
Chapter Private force in Africa Reassessing regulatory frameworks and advocating for an African-centric approach to PMSCs ByOluwaseyi Mike Bamigboye, Christopher Kinsey BookMercenaries and Security Contractors in the 21st Century Edition 1st Edition… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading