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- 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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Responsibility for premeditated mercenary murder or contract killing
Source: European Scientific Journal. 1 SE (Dec. 1, 2013): p464. Responsibility for premeditated mercenary murder or contract killing Ioseb Mamestsarashvili Copyright: COPYRIGHT 2013 European Scientific Institute http://lemoigne.web.cern.ch/lemoigne/esi.html Abstract: Mercenary is very… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
US Government Outsourcing, the Private Military Industry, and Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Case Study in Conflict Contracting
Title: US Government Outsourcing, the Private Military Industry, and Operation Iraqi Freedom: A Case Study in Conflict Contracting Authors: Halpin, Allison Ann Advisors: Hanley, Eric Commitee Members: Wert, Hal Obadare, Ebenezer… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Private military companies: assisting the transnational capitalist class in accumulation by dispossession
Private military companies: assisting the transnational capitalist class in accumulation by dispossession Aarseth, Tori Abstract: The topic of this thesis is the privatization of security and military services, and how the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The ‘Private’ Military Industry in Africa and Beyond
The ‘private’ military industry in Africa and beyond: the corporatization of force and the consequences Sagvolden, Magne Bjerva URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2633 Date: 2010-04-21 Abstract: Based on a re-articulated definition of ‘public’ and… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Military Contractors Deploy or Avoid Lessons from the ‘Blackwater Scandal’ in Iraq
Private Military Contractors: Deploy or Avoid? Lessons from the ‘Blackwater Scandal’ in Iraq Type: Physical resource Title: Private Military Contractors: Deploy or Avoid? Lessons from the ‘Blackwater Scandal’ in Iraq Author:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Turn to Outsourcing in U.S. Intelligence
The Turn to Outsourcing in U.S. Intelligence Simon Chesterman National University of Singapore (NUS) – Faculty of Law March 18, 2012 Simon Chesterman, ONE NATION UNDER SURVEILLANCE: A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Military, Inc. Private Military Companies And State-Centrism In International Relations
Military, Inc. Private Military Companies And State-Centrism In International Relations. Authors: Meyering, Alexander Barrett Department of Government and International Relations Issue Date: 2012 Abstract: This study sheds light on the relationship… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The State’s Enforcement Monopoly and the Private Protection of Property
The State’s Enforcement Monopoly and the Private Protection of Property/Comment Grechenig, Kristoffel; Kolmar, Martin; Muehlheusser, Gerd. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 170.1 (Mar 2014): 5-26. The modern state has monopolized… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Foreigners in the Highest Trust: American Perceptions of European Mercenary Officers in the Continental Army
Foreigners in the Highest Trust: American Perceptions of European Mercenary Officers in the Continental Army. Authors:SPALL, ERIC1 (AUTHOR) Source: Early American Studies, An Interdisciplinary Journal. Spring 2014, Vol. 12 Issue 2,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
PROMISING PRIVATEERS? Understanding the Constraints of Contemporary Private Security at Sea
PROMISING PRIVATEERS? Understanding the Constraints of Contemporary Private Security at Sea Spearin, Christopher. Naval War College Review67.2 (Spring 2014): 97-116. Abstract (summary) For the secretary-general of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
