The Book That Started It All
Search
Categories
Archives
-
Recent Posts
-
Isenberg Video
- 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
Recent Comments
- Joseph Burwell on Former student blasts military school for private defense contractors
- Gomes Castro on Families of slain and injured sue Ericsson over claims it funded Middle East terror
- A United States in Perpetual War Should Consider a Foreign Legion as a Pragmatic Solution | NextBigFuture.com on LEGITIMIZING A DE FACTO U.S. FOREIGN LEGION IN AFGHANISTAN: TRANSFER OF MISSION CRITICAL SECURITY OPERATIONS FROM PRIVATE CONTRACTORS TO U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL
- Resource curse alive and well in Afghanistan - Antony Loewenstein on $488 Million Investment in Afghanistan’s Oil, Mining & Gas Industry at Risk
- Il Boom dei contractors in Africa – SURIYA HABIBATI on Mozambique: Hydrocarbon companies deny security deal with Erik Prince – AIM
Articles: Academic
Viewing as Articles
View in Timeline
Security Provision and States’ Authority: The Effects of Private Military and Security Actors
Security Provision and States’ Authority: The Effects of Private Military and Security Actors Authors: Olsen, Helene Bak, Camilla Moisio, Jason Nissen, Mark Jensen, Camilla Advisor: Buur, Lars Keywords: Security Provision Social… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Theorising the use of private military and security companies: a synthetic perspective
Journal of International Relations and Development (2014) 17, 112–141. published online 1 March 2013 Theorising the use of private military and security companies: a synthetic perspective Andreas Krucka Geschwister Scholl Institute for… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Silenced and Indispensible: GURKHAS IN PRIVATE MILITARY SECURITY COMPANIES
International Feminist Journal of Politics Volume 16, Issue 1, 2014 The Silenced and Indispensible GURKHAS IN PRIVATE MILITARY SECURITY COMPANIES Amanda Chisholma* pages 26-47 Published online: 14 May 2013 Abstract Using… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Marketing the Gurkha security package: Colonial histories and neoliberal economies of private security
Security Dialogue August 2014 vol. 45 no. 4 349-372 Marketing the Gurkha security package: Colonial histories and neoliberal economies of private security Amanda Chisholm School of Geography, Politics, and Sociology, Newcastle… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Markets for Force: Privatization of Security Across World Regions
The Markets for Force: Privatization of Security Across World Regions Hardcover – February 20, 2015 by Molly Dunigan (Editor), Ulrich Petersohn (Editor) The Markets for Force examines and compares the markets… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Optimal contracting with private military and security companies
European Journal of Political Economy Available online 24 October 2014 Optimal contracting with private military and security companies Matthias Fahna, , , Tahmina Hadjerb, 1, Abstract Private military and security companies… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
PRIVATE MILITARY FORCES: A NEW THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL STABILITY?
PRIVATE MILITARY FORCES: A NEW THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL STABILITY? You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
The mercenary moniker: Condemnations, contradictions and the politics of definition
Security Dialogue April 2014 vol. 45 no. 2 174-191 The mercenary moniker: Condemnations, contradictions and the politics of definition Aaron Ettinger 1. Department of Political Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada Email:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
After the gold rush: Corporate Warriors and The Market for Force revisited
After the gold rush: Corporate Warriors and The Market for Force revisited Author(s): Aaron Ettinger International Journal. 69.4 (Dec. 2014): p559. Abstract In the mid-1990s, unprecedented interventions by private companies specializing… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Outsourcing/Privatization
Tagged Academic, Outsourcing/Privatization
Leave a comment
The future of US military contracting: current trends and future implications
The future of US military contracting: current trends and future implications Author(s): Molly Dunigan International Journal. 69.4 (Dec. 2014): p510. Abstract With the drawdown of US troops from both Iraq and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Outsourcing/Privatization
Tagged Academic, Outsourcing/Privatization
Leave a comment
