Category Archives: Academic

    Strategic Concealment: Locating Armed Private Contractors in State Foreign Policy

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    Spring 2022 Strategic Concealment: Locating Armed Private Contractors in State Foreign Policy Jared A. Michaels Gettysburg College   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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    Soldiers of Fortune: A qualitative study into the effects of military provider, Private Military Companies on the domestic sovereignty of fragile African nations

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    Full Text Dissertation or Thesis Inherently Governmental: Private Military Contracting and U.S. Empire in the Twenty-First Century Quadri, Zaynab The George Washington University ProQuest Dissertations Publishing,  2022. 29321159. PDF not available.     You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Whose security is it? Elitism and the global approach to maritime security in Africa

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    Whose security is it? Elitism and the global approach to maritime security in Africa Ifesinachi Marybenedette Okafor-Yarwood & Freedom C. Onuoha Pages 946-966 | Received 22 Aug 2022, Accepted 09 Jan… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Reining in the “Third Path”: Rethinking the War Powers Resolution and Private Security Contractorsand Private Security Contractors

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    Reining in the “Third Path”: Rethinking the War Powers Resolution and Private Security Contractors and Private Security Contractors   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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    Privatizing civil society: outsourcing governance in John le Carré’s post-Cold War novels

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    Research Article Privatizing civil society: outsourcing governance in John le Carré’s post-Cold War novels Paul Narkunas Pages 285-301 | Received 22 Sep 2022, Accepted 26 Oct 2022, Published online: 09 Dec… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Tensions of Modernity: Privilege, Precarity, and Colonial Nostalgia among European Security Contractors in East Africa

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    Tensions of Modernity: Privilege, Precarity, and Colonial Nostalgia among European Security Contractors in East Africa   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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    Russian Para-Military Operations in Africa: The Wagner Group as a De Facto Foreign Policy Instrument

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    Russian Para-Military Operations in Africa: The Wagner Group as a De Facto Foreign Policy Instrument   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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    Buy At Your Own Risk: Market Structure and the Performance of Russian Private Military Companies

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    Buy At Your Own Risk: Market Structure and the Performance of Russian Private Military Companies   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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    To Escalate, or Not to Escalate? Private Military and Security Companies and Conflict Severity

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    To Escalate, or Not to Escalate? Private Military and Security Companies and Conflict Severity Nicholas Lees & Ulrich Petersohn Pages 2622-2645 | Received 01 Nov 2020, Accepted 24 May 2021, Published online:… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Soldiers of Fortune qualitative study into the effects of military provider, Private Military Companies on the domestic sovereignty of fragile African nations

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    Soldiers of Fortune qualitative study into the effects of military provider, Private Military Companies on the domestic sovereignty of fragile African nations   You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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