The Book That Started It All
Search
Categories
Archives
-
Recent Posts
-
Isenberg Video
- 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
Recent Comments
- Carolyn Meinel on THE LONG SHADOW OF THE SWORD-FOR-HIRE
- David Isenberg on THE DORSAI CLAUSE
- Carolyn Meinel on THE DORSAI CLAUSE
- Joseph Burwell on Former student blasts military school for private defense contractors
- Gomes Castro on Families of slain and injured sue Ericsson over claims it funded Middle East terror
Tag Archives: Academic
Mercenaries in the Service of Authoritarian States
Mercenaries in the Service of Authoritarian States Author Masuhr, Niklas Friedrich, Julia Other Publication Rights / license In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted Abstract Using mercenaries and ostensibly private security services,… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private Military and Security Companies as instruments: case study of the Middle East
Private Military and Security Companies as instruments: case study of the Middle East Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary2. What are PMSCs and what do they do?3. What are the origins… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Outsourcing War: Mercenaries as a Foreign Policy Tool
Outsourcing War: Mercenaries as a Foreign Policy Tool How private military companies are changing the face of contemporary warfare By Felipe Aas On Oct 27, 2020 Share Reports have, with increasing… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Mercenaries, Outsourcing/Privatization
Tagged Academic, Mercenaries, Outsourcing/Privatization
Leave a comment
The golden age of mercenaries
The golden age of mercenaries Peter T Leeson, Ennio E Piano European Review of Economic History, heaa020, https://doi.org/10.1093/ereh/heaa020 Published: 17 October 2020 Abstract Between the mid-thirteenth and mid-fifteenth centuries, Italian city-states… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Private military & security companies, conflict complexity, and peace duration: an empirical analysis
Journal Small Wars & Insurgencies Latest Research Article Private military & security companies, conflict complexity, and peace duration: an empirical analysis Elizabeth Radziszewski & Seden Akcinaroglu Received 12 Aug 2019, Accepted… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Why Hasn’t More Been Done to Regulate Private Military Corporations (PMCs)?
Why Hasn’t More Been Done to Regulate Private Military Corporations (PMCs)? You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
Private Military and Security Companies in MENA (in English)
•Aug 19, 2020 DCAF Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance The use of private military and security companies (PMSCs), including in the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) has caused… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Reserves forces and the privatization of the military by the nation state
Reserves forces and the privatization of the military by the nation state Paul Higate, Neil Jenkings, Antonia Dawes, Tim Edmunds, Rachel Woodward Politics, Languages & International Studies Research output: Chapter in… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Outsourcing/Privatization
Tagged Academic, Outsourcing/Privatization
Leave a comment
THE REGULATION OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY SERVICES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION:CURRENT POLICIES AND FUTURE OPTIONS
THE REGULATION OF PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY SERVICES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: CURRENT POLICIES AND FUTURE OPTIONS You must be logged in to view this content. Click here to subscribe
The private military and security contractors in armed conflicts under international humanitarian law: Case study of Russian PMSCs
International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478) Vol 9 No 3 (2020) The private military and security contractors in armed conflicts under international humanitarian law: Case study… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading