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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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Supervision Without Vision: Risk Governance and PMSCs
Supervision Without Vision: Risk Governance and PMSCs Lucas Roorda Utrecht University School of Law Utrecht Law Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 200-223, January 2012 Abstract: In the past two decades,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Shadow Cultures, Shadow Histories: Foreign Military Personnel in Africa 1960-1980
Shadow Cultures, Shadow Histories Foreign Military Personnel in Africa 1960–1980 William Jeffrey Cairns Anderson A thesis submitted for the degree of Master of Arts University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Contracting Iraq: an analysis of SIGIR’s data
Contracting Iraq : an analysis of SIGIR’s data Title: Contracting Iraq: an analysis of SIGIR’s data Author: Metcalf, Andrew J. Description: Thesis (M.A.)–Georgetown University, 2010.; Includes bibliographical references.; Text (Electronic thesis)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Unaccountable Soldiers: Private Military Companies and the Law of Armed Conflict
Unaccountable Soldiers: Private Military Companies and the Law of Armed Conflict Titre: Unaccountable Soldiers: Private Military Companies and the Law of Armed Conflict Auteur: McRae, Peter Résumé: The use of Private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private security contractors in the war on terrorism : men of honor or dogs of war?
Private security contractors in the war on terrorism : men of honor or dogs of war? Title: Private security contractors in the war on terrorism : men of honor or… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Risk and the fabrication of apolitical, unaccountable military markets: the case of the CIA ‘Killing Program’
Research Article Risk and the fabrication of apolitical, unaccountable military markets: the case of the CIA ‘Killing Program’1 ANNA LEANDER Abstract This article argues that risk is central in (re)producing the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
ON DEMAND ARMIES: PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANY INVOLVEMENT IN INTERNAL CONFLICTS
ON DEMAND ARMIES: PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANY INVOLVEMENT IN INTERNAL CONFLICTS A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Georgetown University in partial fulfillment… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Book Discussion “Outsourcing War and Peace”: The Efficient Regulation of Private Security Contractors
Book Discussion “Outsourcing War and Peace”: The Efficient Regulation of Private Security Contractors by Kenneth Anderson [This is the third day in our discussion of Professor Dickinson’s book Outsourcing War and Peace:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Book Discussion “Outsourcing War and Peace”: Too Much Jurisdiction? – Contractor Liability After Brehm and Ali
Book Discussion “Outsourcing War and Peace”: Too Much Jurisdiction? – Contractor Liability After Brehm and Ali by Steve Vladeck [Steve Vladeck is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Scholarship at… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Book Discussion “Outsourcing War and Peace”: Private Security Contractors and Public Accountability
Book Discussion “Outsourcing War and Peace”: Private Security Contractors and Public Accountability by Deborah Pearlstein This is the second day in our discussion of Professor Dickinson’s book Outsourcing War and Peace:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
