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The Blurring of Lines Between Combatants and Civilians in Twenty-First Century Armed Conflict
The Blurring of Lines Between Combatants and Civilians in Twenty-First Century Armed Conflict Sims, Nicholas J. Mr. USMC Command and Staff College Marine Corps University 2076 South Street Quantico, VA 22134 You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The Use of Private Security by the United Kingdom and the Subsequent Impacts on Operational Planning
The Use of Private Security by the United Kingdom and the Subsequent Impacts on Operational Planning Monograph ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Military privatisation and its impact on the nature of warfare
Military privatisation and its impact on the nature of warfare Melbourne Journal of Politics 32 (2007): 6+. Abstract The rise and proliferation of private military companies (PMCs) came in response to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The role of French private military companies in the security privatization sector: specific features of the French approach and a comparison with Anglo-Saxon private military companies/
The role of French private military companies in the security privatization sector: specific features of the French approach and a comparison with Anglo-Saxon private military companies/ Role francouzskych soukromych vojenskych spolecnosti… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Interview – Paul Higate
Interview – Paul Higate E-International Relations, Apr 22 2015 Image via Flickr by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Paul Higate is Reader in Gender and Security at the University of Bristol. Prior to entering academia,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Use of Private Force by the United Nations to Coercively Prevent or Halt Gross Violations of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Doctrine
The Use of Private Force by the United Nations to Coercively Prevent or Halt Gross Violations of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Doctrine Author: Morgan Riley1 Source: Global Responsibility to Protect, Volume… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Doppelgangers of the state: private security and transferable legitimacy
Doppelgangers of the state: private security and transferable legitimacy Phelps, Martha Lizabeth. Politics & Policy 42.6 (2014): 824+. The U.S. national military hires private security companies (PSCs) to operate in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea
Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea Mahard, Sean Patrick. Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 47 (2014): 331. You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading
Commercialisation of Warfare and Shadow Wars: Private Military Companies as Strategic Tools
Commercialisation of Warfare and Shadow Wars: Private Military Companies as Strategic Tools Author: Mohlin, Marcus Source: St Antony’s International Review, Volume 9, Number 2, February 2014, pp. 24-38(15) Abstract: It is frequently… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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“Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act.”
Kelly, Rachel M. “Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act.” Wm. & Mary Bus. L. Rev. 5 (2014): 591-647. You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading