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- Here and There with Dave Marash, February 3, 2015
- Sep. 2, 2014 Al Jazeera English segment on Blackwater trial - Comment by David Isenberg
- Jan 2, 2010, Al Jazzeera (English), re Judge Urbina’s dismissal of charges against Blackwater contractors
- 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
- David Isenberg on PressTV - US contractor with poor ratings hired again
- Outsourcing War and Peace – Video
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To Buy a War but Sell the Peace Mercenaries and Post-Civil War Stability
To Buy a War but Sell the Peace Mercenaries and Post-Civil War Stability Corinne Bara & Joakim Kreutz (2022) Security Studies 31:3 417-445 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
States, interstitial organizations and the prospects for liberal international order
States, interstitial organizations and the prospects for liberal international order Jozef Bátora International Affairs 97: 4 (2021) 1433-1450 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Chinese military and security companies (CMSCs) and the limit of political-instrumentalist model of security privatization
Chinese military and security companies (CMSCs) and the limit of political-instrumentalist model of security privatization Thomas Ameyaw-Brobbey (2025) Critical Military Studies 11:3 329-353 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
The European Union’s use of contractors in security and defence blazing its own path of institutional change?
The European Union’s use of contractors in security and defence blazing its own path of institutional change? Caroline Batka & Jozef Batora (2025) European Security 34:2, pp. 171-190 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading
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The Afghanistan’s War Legacy: The Reimagining of the Outsourcing of War and Security
The Afghanistan’s War Legacy: The Reimagining of the Outsourcing of War and Security Armed forces & Society 2023, Vol. 49(4), 1027-1034 Ori Swed You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
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No Accounting for Bad Contracting Private Military and Security Contracts and Ineffective Regulation in Conflict Areas
No Accounting for Bad Contracting Private Military and Security Contracts and Ineffective Regulation in Conflict Areas Studies in International Comparative Development (2022) 57:1-27 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Status of Private Military Companies Personnel under IHL: Implications for Prosecuting Members of the Wagner Group in Ukraine
Status of Private Military Companies Personnel under IHL: Implications for Prosecuting Members of the Wagner Group in Ukraine 14.11.23 | 0 Comments [Esti Tambay is a Strategic Litigation Officer at the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Mercenaries on the Battlefield: What Legal Advisors Must Know
Mercenaries on the Battlefield: What Legal Advisors Must Know by Jeffrey S. Thurnher | Dec 2, 2020 Mercenaries … are useless and dangerous. And if a prince holds on to his… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Private military contractors financial experiences and incentives (Full Text)
Private military contractors financial experiences and incentives (Full Text) Caroline Batka, Molly Dunigan & Rachel Burns Defense & Security Analysis, 2020 36:2, pp. 161-179 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Mercenarism, norms and market exchange Reassembling the private military labour market
Mercenarism, norms and market exchange Reassembling the private military labour market Adam White International Sociology 2018, Vol. 33(4), 523-540 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe