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Mercenaries, Hybrid Armies and National Security: Private Soldiers and the State in the 21st Century

Mercenaries, Hybrid Armies and National Security: Private Soldiers and the State in the 21st Century (LSE International Studies Series) Hardcover – October 29, 2014 by Caroline Varin (Author) This book assesses… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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PMSCs and the Regulatory Environment in Iraq Post-2011

Image ID: 214198807 available at Shutterstock.com Download article in PDF Issue 9:1 By Jason Ireland and Caroline Varin 03/09/2015 PMSCs and the Regulatory Environment in Iraq Post-2011 ABSTRACT: This article explores the security… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Private Prisons and the Emerging Immigrant Market: Implications for Security Governance

Private Prisons and the Emerging Immigrant Market: Implications for Security Governance Download article in PDF Issue 9:1 By Karina Moreno Saldivar and Byron E. Price 03/09/2015 ABSTRACT: The purpose of this work… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Security, Inc.: Privatising Internal Security in Post-Communist Poland

Security, Inc.: Privatising Internal Security in Post-Communist Poland Download article in PDF Issue 9:1 By Lukasz Worldiczek 03/09/2015 ABSTRACT:The question of how and when authority diminishes in states has been a… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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The Privatized Art of War: Private Military and Security Companies and State Responsibility for Their Unlawful Conduct in Conflict Areas

            The Privatized Art of War: Private Military and Security Companies and State Responsibility for Their Unlawful Conduct in Conflict Areas Author(s):  Evgeni Moyakine School of… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Private Security Companies and Shared Responsibility: The Turn to Multistakeholder Standard-Setting and Monitoring through Self-Regulation-‘Plus’

Private Security Companies and Shared Responsibility: The Turn to Multistakeholder Standard-Setting and Monitoring through Self-Regulation-‘Plus’ You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe  

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Commercial Military Service Providers as Actors in Public Administration

Commercial Military Service Providers as Actors in Public Administration Added by Mikko Räkköläinen Abstract: This paper examines the typical ways in which commercial military service providers (CMSPs) influence the government agencies… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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“A good one though rather for the foreign market”: mercenary writing and Scott’s Quentin Durward

“A good one though rather for the foreign market”: mercenary writing and Scott’s Quentin Durward  Erik Simpson  Studies in Romanticism. 48.4 (Winter 2009): p667. The Mercenary Context: Machiavelli, Ferguson, Smith IN… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Title: “I (won’t) follow you”: the misguided, and dangerous, interpretation of constitutional extraterritoriality in United States v. Ali

Title: “I (won’t) follow you”: the misguided, and dangerous, interpretation of constitutional extraterritoriality in United States v. Ali  Isaac D. Chaput Washington University Law Review. 91.5 (July 2014): p1293. Not only… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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Modern warfare: Armed groups, private militaries, humanitarian organizations, and the law

Benjamin Perrin, ed.: Modern warfare: Armed groups, private militaries, humanitarian organizations, and the law Kai Chen International Journal. 69.3 (Sept. 2014): p461. http://www.internationaljournal.ca/Home/Home.html Benjamin Perrin, ed. Modern warfare: Armed groups, private… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading

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