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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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Ex-Blackwater Chief Urges Hired Guns to Take on ISIS
Ex-Blackwater Chief Urges Hired Guns to Take on ISIS Mark Thompson @MarkThompson_DC 11:54 AM ET Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater Andrew Harre—Bloomberg/Getty Images If Obama won’t send in troops, he says,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Price of Privatizing War
Posted: October 9, 2014 Theodore Kinni Theodore Kinni is senior editor for books at strategy+business. He also blogs at Reading, Writing re: Management. The Price of Privatizing War My experience with mercenaries extends… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Privatizing the struggle against Somali piracy
Small Wars & Insurgencies Volume 24, Issue 1, 2013 Privatizing the struggle against Somali piracy Scott Fitzsimmonsa* pages 84-102 Abstract Pirate attacks against commercial vessels in the Western Indian Ocean and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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HUNGER GAMES
HUNGER GAMES WPS: Defense & Security By Alexander Stepanov Versiya, No. 38, September 30 – October 06, 2013, p. 8 7 October 2013 (c) 2013 WPS Russian Media Monitoring Agency. EXPERIMENTS… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Chairman’s Column – Thoughts on Countering ISIS
Africa Monitor fsgteam | October 6, 2014 Chairman’s Column – Thoughts on Countering ISIS Chairman’s Column As someone who spent many years operating in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other underdeveloped countries facing… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Deploying private security companies could make starting wars easier, warns Manchester Uni study
Deploying private security companies could make starting wars easier, warns Manchester Uni study 02 Oct 2014 – 04:07PM | By Jack Howson Countries could soon use private security companies to make… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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A Perilous Dependence on Contractors
New York Times The Opinion Pages | Op-Ed Contributor A Perilous Dependence on Contractors By ANN HAGEDORNOCT. 2, 2014 THE director of the Secret Service has resigned after, among other problems,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Time for an American Foreign Legion?
Opinion Time for an American Foreign Legion? The Norman Transcript Staff Writer 18 September 2014 “No American boots on the ground” is the ever present outcry from the U.S. populace. Justifiably,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Ann Hagedorn examines America’s growing dependence on private military companies in ‘The Invisible Soldiers’
Cleveland.com Ann Hagedorn examines America’s growing dependence on private military companies in ‘The Invisible Soldiers’ By Alan Cate on October 02, 2014 at 6:34 AM, updated October 02, 2014 at 6:36… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The booming business of security companies in Yemen
The booming business of security companies in Yemen Yemen Times 30 September 2014 As the state prepares to further regulate private security companies, it remains to be seen whether it will… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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