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- June 28, 2010. heard in “Controversy over CIA Blackwater contract,” The World
- August 17, 2010, on C-Span III, speaks on private military contracting
- Examining the role of the military contractor
- 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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Market Opportunities and Political Responsibilities: The Difficult Development of Chinese Private Security Companies Abroad
Market Opportunities and Political Responsibilities: The Difficult Development of Chinese Private Security Companies Abroad Andrea Ghiseli Armed Forces & Society 2020, vol. 46 (1) 25-45 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
China s private security companies and the protection of Chinese economic interests abroad
China s private security companies and the protection of Chinese economic interests abroad Jingdong Yuan 2022 Small Wars & Insurgencies 33:1-2 173-195 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
The Anti-Mercenary Norm and United Nations Use of Private Military and Security Companies From Norm Entrepreneurship to Organized Hypocrisy
The Anti-Mercenary Norm and United Nations Use of Private Military and Security Companies From Norm Entrepreneurship to Organized Hypocrisy Oldrich Bures & Eugenio Cusumano (2021) International Peacekeeping 26:4 579-605 Published online… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Assessing Sandline International’s reputation as a private military company
Assessing Sandline International’s reputation as a private military company Joseph Temple & Samantha Newbery 2026 Small Wars & Insurgencies 37:1 29-62 Published Online 14 Oct 2025 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Selling security to Africa: private military and security companies PMSCs and the fate of African intrastate security
Selling security to Africa: private military and security companies PMSCs and the fate of African intrastate security Thomas Ameyaw-Brobbey & Vladimir Antwi-Danso 2024 Small Wars & Insurgencies 35:6, 1050-1078 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here … Continue reading
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Chinese Private Security Companies and the limit of coercion
Chinese Private Security Companies and the limit of coercion Ricardo Pereira, Ana Luquett, Rui Forte & Mohammad Eslami Small Wars & Insurgencies 2023 34:8 1532-1557 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Contracting Blowback The Use of Violence by Private Security Companies and Insurgents during the Iraq War
Contracting Blowback The Use of Violence by Private Security Companies and Insurgents during the Iraq War Scott Fitzsimmons (2024) Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 47:1 78-97 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading
From Nationalization to Privatization The Case of the IDF
From Nationalization to Privatization The Case of the IDF Gus Seidman Armed Forces & Society 2010 36(4) 716-749 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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Contractors in Iraq Exploited Class or Exclusive Club
Contractors in Iraq Exploited Class or Exclusive Club Ori Swed and Daniel Burland Armed Forces & Society 2022 Vol. 48 (1) 3-24 Corporate privatization of security has generated a neoliberal… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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US Strategy and the Rise of Private Maritime Security
US Strategy and the Rise of Private Maritime Security Jan Stockbruegger Security Studies (2021) 30:4 578-602 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe