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    The Privatisation of ‘the Core Business of UN Peacekeeping Operations’: any Legal Limit?

    “The Privatisation of ‘the Core Business of UN Peacekeeping Operations’: any Legal Limit?”, forthcoming in International Community Law Review, 2014 by Mirko Sossai The purpose of the present analysis is to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Book Review: Molly Dunigan. Victory for Hire: Private Security Companies’ Impact on Military Effectiveness.

    133 BOOK REVIEWS Molly Dunigan. Victory for Hire: Private Security Companies’ Impact on Military Effectiveness. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2011. 254 pp. £20.41 (pbk) ISBN: 9780804774598 GUSTAV M. MEIBAUER(London School of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    The Morality of Private War: The Challenge of Private Military and Security Companies

    The Morality of Private War: The Challenge of Private Military and Security Companies Hardcover – August 5, 2014 by James Pattison (Author) The increased use of private military and security companies… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Is America’s Second Contractors’ War Drawing Near?

    Is America’s Second Contractors’ War Drawing Near? Ann Hagedorn 3:25 PM ET Invisible Soldiers: How America Outsourced Our Security Courtesy Simon & Schuster Four years ago this Sunday, President Barack Obama… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    New Hagedorn book should stir national debate

    New Hagedorn book should stir national debate Bill Nichols 12:02 a.m. EDT August 28, 2014 (Photo: Journal & Courier) 15 CONNECT 8 TWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE Historians years from now might praise Ann Hagedorn,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    A Tour de Horizon of Issues on the Agenda of the Mercenaries Working Group*

    Minnesota Journal of International Law Summer, 2013 22 Minn. J. Int’l L. 324 Article: A Tour de Horizon of Issues on the Agenda of the Mercenaries Working Group* * The full… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    “GUNS FOR HIRE, DEATH ON DEMAND”: THE PERMISSIBILITY OF U.S. OUTSOURCING OF DRONE ATTACKS TO CIVILIAN SURROGATES OF THE ARMED FORCES AND CHALLENGES TO TRADITIONAL JUST WAR THEORY

    Florida Journal of International Law August, 2013 25 Fla. J. Int’l L. 147 “GUNS FOR HIRE, DEATH ON DEMAND”: THE PERMISSIBILITY OF U.S. OUTSOURCING OF DRONE ATTACKS TO CIVILIAN SURROGATES OF… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    The Ethical Implications of the Use of Private Military Force: Regulatable or Irreconcilable?

    Journal of Military Ethics Volume 13, Issue 1, 2014 The Ethical Implications of the Use of Private Military Force: Regulatable or Irreconcilable? Dimitrios Machairasa* pages 49-69 Published online: 08 May 2014… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Reshaping Security Governmentality: Private Military Companies in Libya and the resignification of Neoliberal practices

    Reshaping Security Governmentality: Private Military Companies in Libya and the resignification of Neoliberal practices Fernando Brancoli (fbrancoli at gmail dot com) Presented  at  the  ISA  Annual  Convention  2014,  Panel  SB16:  Non-State … You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    South Africa’s role in the Private Military Industry in the Post-Cold War conflict environment with specific reference to the South African connection to Erinys Internationalmore

    South Africa’s role in the Private Military Industry in the Post-Cold War conflict environment with specific reference to the South African connection to Erinys International Burgert A Senekal 1 Abstract Since… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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