Category Archives: Outsourcing/Privatization

Biden Ordered the DOJ to Stop Using Private Prisons. Thousands Are Still Being Held Inside

December 20, 2023 Biden Ordered the DOJ to Stop Using Private Prisons. Thousands Are Still Being Held Inside. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others are looking into the discrepancy further. Madison Pauly… 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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Soldiers of Fortune: A qualitative study into the effects of military provider, Private Military Companies on the domestic sovereignty of fragile African nations

Full Text Dissertation or Thesis Inherently Governmental: Private Military Contracting and U.S. Empire in the Twenty-First Century Quadri, Zaynab The George Washington University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2022. 29321159. PDF not available.     You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Mercenaries and Manpower

Mercenaries and Manpower Jan 19, 2024 Overshadowed by stories of dwindling munitions stocks and limited production capacity, the Ukraine War has revealed another shortfall facing modern armies: manpower. Both Russia and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Privatizing civil society: outsourcing governance in John le Carré’s post-Cold War novels

Research Article Privatizing civil society: outsourcing governance in John le Carré’s post-Cold War novels Paul Narkunas Pages 285-301 | Received 22 Sep 2022, Accepted 26 Oct 2022, Published online: 09 Dec… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Tensions of Modernity: Privilege, Precarity, and Colonial Nostalgia among European Security Contractors in East Africa

Tensions of Modernity: Privilege, Precarity, and Colonial Nostalgia among European Security Contractors in East Africa   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register  

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As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in

As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in January 7, 202410:12 AM ET By The Associated Press Anton Koen, a former police officer who… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Readout of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement meeting with private detention contractors

December 21, 2023Washington, DCEnforcement and Removal Readout of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement meeting with private detention contractors WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership met with two of its… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Year of the PMC

The Year of the PMC This year has seen the resurgence in popularity and utility of the PMC, or mercenary. Adrian Bonenberger November 14, 2023 As 2023 draws to a close,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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“History is Written by the Highest Bidder” or The Growing Problem of the Employment of the Private Defense Industry

Wouter Van Beek ENGL 1020-203 Research Project “History is Written by the Highest Bidder” The Growing Problem of the Employment of the Private Defense Industry The ex-British Army interviewee looks grizzled… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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