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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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Putin’s Not-So-Secret Mercenaries: Patronage, Geopolitics, and the Wagner Group
An Improvised Imitation of a PMC Putin’s Not-So-Secret Mercenaries: Patronage, Geopolitics, and the Wagner Group Nathaniel Reynolds Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 2019 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
SEAN McFATE
the return of private force to international affairs signals a broader shift away from the Westphalian state-monopoly-on-violence system toward something structurally closer to the overlapping, non-exclusive sovereignties of medieval Europe. Continue reading
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KATERI CARMOLA
Kateri Carmola is a political theorist whose principal scholarly contribution to the private military and security company (PMSC) literature is a single-authored monograph, one foundational journal article, and a small cluster of related chapters and reviews produced between roughly 2006 and 2014. Her work is theoretical and normative rather than empirical or investigative: she does not conduct company-level fieldwork so Continue reading
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DOGS OF WAR: Russia’s corporate warriors in armed conflicts
DOGS OF WAR: Russia’s corporate warriors in armed conflicts Andreas Heinmann-Grṻder European Union Institute for Security Studies (2023) You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
The common defense: Challenging state authority and the citizen army through the privatization of force
The common defense: Challenging state authority and the citizen army through the privatization of force A Thesis Presented To The Faculty of San Diego State University In partial Fulfillment of the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Death squads, security forces and private justice organizations Paramilitaries in contemporary Latin America
Death squads, security forces and private justice organizations Paramilitaries in contemporary Latin America By Julie M. Mazzei Submitted to the Faculty of the School of Public Affairs Of American University In… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Canada’s Shadow Workforce: The Effects of Military Privatization on Political Behaviour and Authority within Liberal-Democratic States, and Their Implications for International Security
Canada’s Shadow Workforce: The Effects of Military Privatization on Political Behaviour and Authority within Liberal-Democratic States, and Their Implications for International Security By Stefan Edard Vincente Ferraro A thesis submitted in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Selective privatization of security: Why American strategic leaders choose to substitute private security contractors for national military force
Selective privatization of security: Why American strategic leaders choose to substitute private security contractors for national military force A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of San Diego State University In… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Privatization of Security Revisited the Expansion of Private Security Companies in the Age of Hybrid Conflict (2013-2025)
Privatization of Security Revisited the Expansion of Private Security Companies in the Age of Hybrid Conflict (2013-2025) Andrei Alexandru Babadac Available online 15 January 2026 Bulletin of “Carol I” National Defense… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The Running of the Bears: When Contractors Obstruct U.S. Foreign Policy
When Contractors Obstruct U.S. Foreign Policy Continue reading