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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
- Sep. 2, 2014 Al Jazeera English segment on Blackwater trial - Comment by David Isenberg
- Jan 2, 2010, Al Jazzeera (English), re Judge Urbina’s dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors
- 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
- Outsourcing War and Peace – Video
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What it means when the mercenaries appear
Opinion What it means when the mercenaries appear By Elliot Ackerman April 15, 2024 at 5:45 a.m. EDT (Chloe Cushman for The Washington Post) Elliot Ackerman’s new novel is “2054,” written… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Neocons Almost Killed America. Here’s How Patriots Can Fix It
Opinion ERIK PRINCE: Neocons Almost Killed America. Here’s How Patriots Can Fix It OPINION REUTERS/White House/Pete Souza/Handout/Files Erik Prince Contributor May 02, 2024 6:00 PM ET Font Size: Republished from… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Words mean things: categorizing non-state international security actors
Words mean things: categorizing non-state international security actors Whitney Grespin and Caroline Batka reflect on why the language around private actors in international security services matters. International Affairs Published in International… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The Middle East: The world’s playground for the privatization of war
The Middle East: The world’s playground for the privatization of war James M. Dorsey Mar 21, 2024 Hello and welcome to the Turbulent World with me, James M. Dorsey, as your… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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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
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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