Category Archives: Outsourcing/Privatization

    How Extensive is the Privatization of Security?

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    How Extensive is the Privatization of Security? Posted on September 11, 2024 by Yves Smith Yves here. This post takes a broad look, starting in the US but then looking abroad,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Privatized Barracks Would Get Deeper Look Under House’s Draft Defense Bill

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    Privatized Barracks Would Get Deeper Look Under House’s Draft Defense Bill Bill McGovern, Fort Stewart Directorate of Public Works operations and maintenance and lead mold remediation specialist, shows where a barrack… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    From Toxic Mold to Rampant Fraud: How Privatizing Military Housing Became a Nightmare for Soldiers

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    From Toxic Mold to Rampant Fraud: How Privatizing Military Housing Became a Nightmare for Soldiers The Pentagon wanted to offload rising maintenance costs. America’s service members have paid the price ever… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    What it means when the mercenaries appear

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    Opinion What it means when the mercenaries appear By Elliot Ackerman April 15, 2024 at 5:45 a.m. EDT (Chloe Cushman for The Washington Post) Elliot Ackerman’s new novel is “2054,” written… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Neocons Almost Killed America. Here’s How Patriots Can Fix It

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    Opinion ERIK PRINCE: Neocons Almost Killed America. Here’s How Patriots Can Fix It OPINION   REUTERS/White House/Pete Souza/Handout/Files Erik Prince Contributor May 02, 2024 6:00 PM ET Font Size: Republished from… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Words mean things: categorizing non-state international security actors

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    Words mean things: categorizing non-state international security actors Whitney Grespin and Caroline Batka reflect on why the language around private actors in international security services matters. International Affairs Published in International… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    The Middle East: The world’s playground for the privatization of war

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    The Middle East: The world’s playground for the privatization of war James M. Dorsey Mar 21, 2024 Hello and welcome to the Turbulent World with me, James M. Dorsey, as your… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    Biden Ordered the DOJ to Stop Using Private Prisons. Thousands Are Still Being Held Inside

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    December 20, 2023 Biden Ordered the DOJ to Stop Using Private Prisons. Thousands Are Still Being Held Inside. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others are looking into the discrepancy further. Madison Pauly… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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    How America’s Great Power Competitors Privatized the GPC

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    The Great Power Competition Volume 4 pp 37–65Cite as Home The Great Power Competition Volume 4 Chapter   How America’s Great Power Competitors Privatized the GPC Ian Conway & Kathleen Cassedy… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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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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