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COMPARISON OF THE USE OF PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES’ SERVICES BY THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF GEORGE W. BUSH AND BARACK OBAMA
COMPARISON OF THE USE OF PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES’ SERVICES BY THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF GEORGE W. BUSH AND BARACK OBAMA Subjects: Military Science, Military Science, Technology and Engineering, Military Science, Military Science,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
War for Profit, Peace at Profit – The African Nexus in Wealth Creation
War for Profit, Peace at Profit – The African Nexus in Wealth Creation Subjects: Military Science, Military Science, Technology and Engineering, Military Science, Military Science, Technology and Engineering, Military Science, Military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Potential Use of PMSCs to Fulfill the EU’s Security Strategy
The Potential Use of PMSCs to Fulfill the EU’s Security Strategy Subjects: Political science, Political science (General), Political science, Political science (General) Authors: Marco Marilli Date of publication: 2011 November Published… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Military Companies “The Market For Force” Toward International Regulatory and Control Framework
Private Military Companies “The Market For Force”: Toward International Regulatory and Control Framework Subjects: Economic growth, development, planning, Industries. Land use. Labor, Social Sciences, Economics, Business and Economics, Economic growth, development,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
South African Private Security Contractors Active in Armed Conflicts: Citizenship, Prosecution and the Right to Work
South African Private Security Contractors Active in Armed Conflicts: Citizenship, Prosecution and the Right to Work Subjects: Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence, Law, Law, Law and Political Science,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Supervision Without Vision: Risk Governance and PMSCs
Supervision Without Vision: Risk Governance and PMSCs Lucas Roorda URN:NBN:NL:UI:10-1-101428 Abstract In the past two decades, private military and security companies (PMSCs) have become important actors in the international sphere,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Anyone’s War: The Privatization of Violence
Anyone’s War: The Privatization of Violence Apr 02, 2015 georgeu3 GSSR Forum, International Security, Military & Defense 0 A Blackwater Helicopter in Baghdad, Wikimedia Commons By Sebastian J. Bae The brutal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Cry Havoc- Are Incompetent Private Military Companies Ruining the Defense Base Act?
Cry Havoc- Are Incompetent Private Military Companies Ruining the Defense Base Act? You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Why some private security and military companies succeed and others fail in taking over public tasks
Why some private security and military companies succeed and others fail in taking over public tasks A research based on PMSCs in Puntland and Somaliland by Szabolcs Tam You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading
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Can Self-Regulation Work? Lessons from the Private Security and Military Industry
Can Self-Regulation Work? Lessons from the Private Security and Military Industry You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe