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State Sovereignty and Private Military and Security Companies in Australia

State Sovereignty and Private Military and Security Companies in Australia Natalie McLean First published: 22 May 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/ajph.12893 Sections Abstract Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) as active participants within global… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Regulating Military Force Series – Justice and Accountability in the Era of Modern Mercenarism

Regulating Military Force Series – Justice and Accountability in the Era of Modern Mercenarism by Clarissa Rodio | Feb 26, 2024 Editors’ note: The author delivered remarks on the subject of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Reining in the “Third Path”: Rethinking the War Powers Resolution and Private Security Contractors

Reining in the “Third Path”: Rethinking the War Powers Resolution and Private Security Contractors   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Is someone’s mercenary another’s contractor? American, British, and Russian private security companies in US and UK parliamentary debates

Research article First published online March 25, 2023 Is someone’s mercenary another’s contractor? American, British, and Russian private security companies in US and UK parliamentary debates Matteo C M Casiraghi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0851-6311… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Chinese Private Security Companies and the limit of coercion

Chinese Private Security Companies and the limit of coercion Ricardo Pereira , Ana Luquett , Rui Forte & Mohammad Eslami Pages 1532-1557 | Received 12 Dec 2022, Accepted 05 Sep 2023,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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How America’s Great Power Competitors Privatized the GPC

The Great Power Competition Volume 4 pp 37–65Cite as Home The Great Power Competition Volume 4 Chapter   How America’s Great Power Competitors Privatized the GPC Ian Conway & Kathleen Cassedy… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Indigenous Military Reforms from the Outside: The Paradox of the UAE Armed Forces Modernisation

Indigenous Military Reforms from the Outside: The Paradox of the UAE Armed Forces Modernisation Jean-Loup Samaan Pages 65-83 | Received 14 Sep 2022, Accepted 07 Aug 2023, Published online: 18 Aug… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Privatization of Military and Security Companies:A Threat and Risk Analysis to the Security of the Nigerian State

Privatization of Military and Security Companies:A Threat and Risk Analysis to the Security of the Nigerian State   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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Private Military and Security Companies: A New Form of Mercenarism?

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Useless and dangerous’? Mercenaries in fourteenth century wars

Useless and dangerous’? Mercenaries in fourteenth century wars   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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