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Can’t Do With, Can’t Do Without: The Use of Private Military Contractors in U.S. War Efforts
Can’t Do With, Can’t Do Without: The Use of Private Military Contractors in U.S. War Efforts Published: March 2, 2020 • By Ellie Stanton, Josh Frank Image Retrieved From: https://www.economist.com/business/2013/11/23/beyond-blackwater … You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Gender and Private Security Regulation
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The Cruel Optimism of Militarism: Feminist Curiosity, Affect, and Global Security
The Cruel Optimism of Militarism: Feminist Curiosity, Affect, and Global Security Amanda Chisholm, Hanna Ketola International Political Sociology, olaa005, https://doi.org/10.1093/ips/olaa005 Published: 13 April 2020 Article history Abstract This article asks: why… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
MERCENARIOS Y COMPAÑÍAS MILITARES Y DE SEGURIDAD PRIVADAS: ESTRUCTURACIÓN DE SUS REDES NORMATIVAS
MERCENARIOS Y COMPAÑÍAS MILITARES Y DE SEGURIDAD PRIVADAS: ESTRUCTURACIÓN DE SUS REDES NORMATIVAS April 2019 Thesis for: Ph.D. Advisor: Hector Olasolo Alonso Project: Ibero-American Epistemological Perspective on Justice Mario Iván Urueña-Sánchez You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
For Prize or Patriotism: The Understood Role of Privateers in the American Revolution
For Prize or Patriotism: The Understood Role of Privateers in the American Revolution James Blair Historical Review James Blair Historical Review Volume 9 Issue 1 James Blair Historical Review, Volume… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Beyond the Governance Gap: Accountability in Privatized Migration Control
Volume 21, Special Issue 3 (Accountability for Human Rights Violations in the Context of Migration Control) April 2020 , pp. 487-505 Beyond the Governance Gap: Accountability in Privatized Migration Control Daria… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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“As Old as War Itself”? Historicizing the Universal Mercenary
“As Old as War Itself”? Historicizing the Universal Mercenary You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Quasi-Mercenary Organizations: challenges of definition, politics and international law
Quasi-Mercenary Organizations: challenges of definition, politics and international law You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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Foreign military labour in Europe’s transition to modernity
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THE PATH TO OUTSOURCING SECURITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
THE PATH TO OUTSOURCING SECURITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA Abstract and figures In this exploratory study we examine the validity of existing civil-military scholarship explanations for the path towards privatization in Southeast… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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