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Pentagon’s ‘Cyber-Security’ Unit Is About Everything Except Defense

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Pentagon’s ‘Cyber-Security’ Unit Is About Everything Except Defense By Glenn Greenwald, Guardian UK 29 January 13 Cyber-threats are the new pretext to justify expansion of power and profit for the public-private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Hagel’s written confirmation testimony response on PMSC Questions

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Hagel’s written confirmation testimony response on PMSC Questions So what does prospective U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel think about using private military and security contractors? On January 31 he testifies… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Police forces scrap G4S contract

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Police forces scrap G4S contract Raymond Brown   Sir Graham Bright Controversial plans to outsource some police services to G4S have been ditched. The decision came following a crunch meeting tonight… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Danger On The High (PM)C’s

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Danger On The High (PM)C’s by Jill Sargent Russell on 24 January 2013 A piece last week on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today Programme’* on a critical development in military affairs was… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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The ‘responsibility to respect’: time to look beyond the nation-state?

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The ‘responsibility to respect’: time to look beyond the nation-state? Elise Rietveld 24 January 2013 Subjects: When it comes to R2P are the institutions designed some 60 years ago still the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Military contracting: our new era of corporate mercenaries

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Military contracting: our new era of corporate mercenaries A niche business has become a huge industry – but murky as ever: privatising conflict means bypassing democratic oversight Arjun Sethi guardian.co.uk, Wednesday… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Realism and Non-State Actors Revisited

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Realism and Non-State Actors Revisited By Evan Laksmana on January 22, 2013 … Similarly, Neoclassical Realism also provides analytical space for emerging “gray-zone” NGOs like private security companies (PSCs). In this… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Outsourcing Peace

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Boston Globe January 22, 2013 Pg. 9 Outsourcing Peace Private firms, unarmed citizens can help UN in protecting world’s hot spots By Farah Stockman In 1994, as the Rwandan genocide got… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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G4S pays out to change prison locks

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G4S pays out to change prison locks Thursday, 17 January 2013  It cost G4S more than 415,000 pounds to change the locks at Birmingham prison Security firm G4S paid more than… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Readers speak on contractors

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The Federal Diary Joe Davidson Readers speak on defense budget plan, contractors, corruption, whistleblowers By Joe Davidson, Published: January 15 The Federal Diary gets lots of reader reaction via e-mail, snail mail… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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