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- 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
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Author Archives: David Isenberg
The Political Cost-Effectiveness of Private Vessel Protection: The Italian Case
The Political Cost-Effectiveness of Private Vessel Protection: The Italian Case Eugenio Cusumano & Stefano Ruzza Pages 132-148 | Published online: 29 Mar 2018 Abstract Italy has traditionally been wary of private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Noncitizen Soldiers: Explaining Foreign Recruitment by Modern State Militaries
Noncitizen Soldiers: Explaining Foreign Recruitment by Modern State Militaries Kolby Hanson & Erik Lin-Greenberg Published online: 14 Jan 2019 More than a century after citizen armies became an international norm, nearly… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Producing Airpower: The Rise and Fall of Neo-Liberalism’s Defence Agenda
Producing Airpower: The Rise and Fall of Neo-Liberalism’s Defence Agenda Marc R. DeVore Published online: 18 Jan 2019 ABSTRACT Few policy issues are more challenging than complex weaponry’s procurement and employment.… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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What explains the failure of U.S. army reconstruction in Afghanistan?
What explains the failure of U.S. army reconstruction in Afghanistan? Colin D. Robinson Pages 249-266 | Published online: 15 Aug 2018 ABSTRACT This author wrote his doctorate thesis on post-conflict army… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Getting Movie Treatment
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Getting Movie Treatment 11:00 AM PST 1/23/2019 by Borys Kit Mark Wilson/Getty Images Erik Prince Michaël R. Roskam will direct. Erik Prince, the former Navy SEAL who… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Re-Making Soldier-Citizens: Military Privatization and the Biopolitics of Sacrifice
Re-Making Soldier-Citizens: Military Privatization and the Biopolitics of Sacrifice by Bianca Baggiarin You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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Regulating US Private Security Contractors
Regulating US Private Security Contractors Hardcover – March 18, 2019 by Jovana Jezdimirovic Ranito (Author) This book explores different aspects of the regulation of private security contractors working for governments. The… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Outsourcing the occupation
Outsourcing the occupation Rod Such The Electronic Intifada 29 November 2018 The Privatization of Israeli Security by Shir Hever, Pluto Press (2017) Shir Hever’s The Privatization of Israeli Security is a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Afghanistan- ‘Only taxpaying companies can carry arms’
Afghanistan- ‘Only taxpaying companies can carry arms’ Date 1/14/2019 4:39:05 AM (MENAFN – Afghanistan Times) KABUL: In another bold move to curb crime and gun violence, the Interior Ministry has ruled… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Regulating Private Military Companies: Conflicts of Law, History and Governance
Regulating Private Military Companies: Conflicts of Law, History and Governance by Katerina Galai This work examines the ability of existing and evolving PMC regulation to adequately control private force and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading