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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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Erik Prince’s Push to Privatize the Afghanistan War
Erik Prince’s Push to Privatize the Afghanistan War August 26, 2018 Former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince is now lobbying to deploy mercenaries instead of the US military in order to bring… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Trump’s Disastrous Plan to Increase Contracting in Afghanistan
Trump’s Disastrous Plan to Increase Contracting in Afghanistan Such a move would be militarily unsound, financially unproven, and disastrous for human rights. By Noah Coburn August 25, 2018 Troubling reports emerged… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Raja Mandala: Privatising the Afghan war
Raja Mandala: Privatising the Afghan war US is debating use of private militias in Afghanistan. Can it prevail over Pakistani army’s hybrid war using the Taliban? Written by C. Raja Mohan |… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Under Contract: The Invisible Workers of America’s Global War
Under Contract: The Invisible Workers of America’s Global War by Noah Coburn (Author) War is one of the most lucrative job markets for an increasingly global workforce. Most of the work… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
War and privatization: a moral theory of private protective agencies, militias, contractors, military firms, and mercenaries
War and privatization: a moral theory of private protective agencies, militias, contractors, military firms, and mercenaries Abstract: This thesis investigates the moral permissibility of military privatization. My analysis focuses on two… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Privatizing the Cosmopolitan Responsibility to Protect: Considering a Normative Argument for Why the Contractor Might Be Better Suited Vis-à-Vis the State Soldier to Serve Common Humanity
Privatizing the Cosmopolitan Responsibility to Protect: . : Considering a Normative Argument for Why the Contractor Might Be Better Suited Vis-à-Vis the State Soldier to Serve Common Humanity Doctoral Thesis ›… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Outsourcing the Afghan War
Outsourcing the Afghan War By Daniel L. Davis August 25, 2018 Last Friday, NBC News reported that President Trump is seriously considering allowing Erik Prince, founder of the discredited guns-for-hire Blackwater Corporation, to form… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Privatizing America
Privatizing America Don Rose22 August 2018No Comment While you were busy smacking your lips over Omarosa’s secret tapes or had your eyes peeled on the Manafort trial, you might have missed… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Privatizing Afghanistan: An Analysis
Privatizing Afghanistan: An Analysis By Luis Rueda · August 26, 2018 Erik Prince has been in the news lately, doing the rounds of various television shows to make the case for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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PRIVATE ARMIES
PRIVATE ARMIES Posted on June 24, 2018 Condottieri; Niccolò da Tolentino Leads the Florentine Troops circa 1438-40 DynCorp On April 27, 1522, two armies faced each other at dawn across a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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