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- June 28, 2010. heard in “Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,” The World
- August 17, 2010, on C-Span III, speaks on private military contracting
- Examining the role of the military contractor
- Has the Privatization of National Security Gone Too Far? The Future of Military Contracting, November 14, 2008, 9:30-11:00am, New America Foundation
- David Isenberg on PressTV - US contractor with poor ratings hired again
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Category Archives: Academic
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
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
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
Private Military and Security Companies: A New Form of Mercenarism?
Private Military and Security Companies: A New Form of Mercenarism? You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register
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
INVESTIGATING THE ENGAGEMENT OF PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES AS A MEANS OF COUNTERING BOKO HARAM IN NIGERIA
INVESTIGATING THE ENGAGEMENT OF PRIVATE SECURITY SERVICES AS A MEANS OF COUNTERING BOKO HARAM IN NIGERIA You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to register
The Social Construction of Mercenaries: German Soldiers in British Service during the Eighteenth Century
Part 1 – Historical Overview The Social Construction of Mercenaries: German Soldiers in British Service during the Eighteenth Century Helene Olsen Pages 92-111 | Received 24 Apr 2021, Accepted 27 Jul… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
To Buy a War but Sell the Peace? Mercenaries and Post-Civil War Stability
To Buy a War but Sell the Peace? Mercenaries and Post-Civil War Stability Corinne Bara & Joakim Kreutz Pages 417-445 | Published online: 12 Jul 2022 Abstract Private military and security… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Mercenaries in/and history: the problem of ahistoricism and contextualism in mercenary scholarship
Mercenaries in/and history: the problem of ahistoricism and contextualism in mercenary scholarship Malte Riemann Pages 22-47 | Received 07 Sep 2021, Accepted 18 Oct 2021, Published online: 10 Nov 2021 ABSTRACT… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading