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    Documents allege Texas DPS spying on Mexico

    Documents allege Texas DPS spying on Mexico Dylan Baddour | April 13, 2015 | Updated: April 13, 2015 6:00pm Internal documents from the Texas Department of Public Safety raise questions about… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    It’s A bird? It’s A Plane! No, It’s A Private Drone Contractor!

      It’s A bird? It’s A Plane! No, It’s A Private Drone Contractor! April 10, 2015 by David Isenberg Follow @vanidan @vanidan If there is one constant in the private military… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Outsourcing war and security: problems and solutions

    Outsourcing war and security: problems and solutions The Conversation Laura A Dickinson, Oswald Symister Colclough Research Professor of Law, George Washington University Future of War Fellow, New America Foundation International Security… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Non-State Military Actors: The Case of the 2011 Libyan Conflict

    Non-State Military Actors: The Case of the 2011 Libyan Conflict Subjects: Political science, Political science (General), Political science, Political science (General) Authors: Radana Makariusová, Zdeněk Ludvík Date of publication: 2012 December… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Anyone’s War: The Privatization of Violence

    Anyone’s War: The Privatization of Violence Apr 02, 2015 georgeu3 GSSR Forum, International Security, Military & Defense 0 A Blackwater Helicopter in Baghdad, Wikimedia Commons By Sebastian J. Bae   The brutal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Self-harm, drugs and sexual abuse more common in private jails

    News Self-harm, drugs and sexual abuse more common in private jails Independent On Sunday By Jonathan Owen 5 April 2015, News | Exclusive What was billed as a breakthrough for the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Court of Appeal: civil servant whose job was outsourced to private sector could not retain full pension rights

    Court of Appeal: civil servant whose job was outsourced to private sector could not retain full pension rights A prison officer whose job was outsourced to a private contractor had “resigned”… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Why some private security and military companies succeed and others fail in taking over public tasks

    Why some private security and military companies succeed and others fail in taking over public tasks A  research  based  on  PMSCs  in  Puntland  and  Somaliland by Szabolcs Tam You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading

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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? Authors: Sossai, Mirko1 mirko.sossai@uniroma3.it International Community Law Review. 2014, Vol. 16 Issue 4, p405-422. 18p.Document Terms:*PRIVATIZATION *PEACEKEEPING forces… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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    Contracting Out Security

    Journal of Strategic Studies Volume 36, Issue 5, 2013 Contracting Out Security  Thomas C. Bruneaua pages 638-665 Journal of Strategic Studies Volume 36, Issue 5, 2013 Abstract Private security companies (PSCs)… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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