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The Use of Private Force by the United Nations to Coercively Prevent or Halt Gross Violations of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Doctrine
The Use of Private Force by the United Nations to Coercively Prevent or Halt Gross Violations of the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Doctrine Author: Morgan Riley1 Source: Global Responsibility to Protect, Volume… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Doppelgangers of the state: private security and transferable legitimacy
Doppelgangers of the state: private security and transferable legitimacy Phelps, Martha Lizabeth. Politics & Policy 42.6 (2014): 824+. The U.S. national military hires private security companies (PSCs) to operate in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea
Blackwater’s New Battlefield: Toward a Regulatory Regime in the United States for Privately Armed Contractors Operating at Sea Mahard, Sean Patrick. Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 47 (2014): 331. You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to … Continue reading
Commercialisation of Warfare and Shadow Wars: Private Military Companies as Strategic Tools
Commercialisation of Warfare and Shadow Wars: Private Military Companies as Strategic Tools Author: Mohlin, Marcus Source: St Antony’s International Review, Volume 9, Number 2, February 2014, pp. 24-38(15) Abstract: It is frequently… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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“Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act.”
Kelly, Rachel M. “Ensuring Contractor Accountability Overseas: A Civilian Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act Would Be Preferable to Expansion of the False Claims Act.” Wm. & Mary Bus. L. Rev. 5 (2014): 591-647. You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
All for one and one in all: private military security companies as soldiers, business managers and humanitarians
Cambridge Review of International Affairs Volume 27, Issue 2, 2014 All for one and one in all: private military security companies as soldiers, business managers and humanitarians Jutta Joachima & Andrea… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The Players: Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) in the Humanitarian Space
Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine 2014, pp 67-90 Date: 22 Nov 2013 The Players: Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) in the Humanitarian Space James Grant MPhil, MRCSEd, MCEM, DTM&H, RAMC Abstract… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Warlord, Inc. – The Private Security System of Afghanistan
Warlord, Inc. – The Private Security System of Afghanistan Hannah Gauss University of Cape Town May 2014 You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Review of Civilian warrior: the inside story of Blackwater and the unsung heroes of the war on terror
Critical Studies on Terrorism Civilian warrior: the inside story of Blackwater and the unsung heroes of the war on terror, by David Cobourn and Erik Prince Peter Finn a Politics Department,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Marketing the Gurkha security package: Colonial histories and neoliberal economies of private security
Marketing the Gurkha security package: Colonial histories and neoliberal economies of private security. Chisholm, Amanda Security Dialogue. Aug2014, Vol. 45 Issue 4, p349-372. 24p. Abstract:This article contributes to the existing critical… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading