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- 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
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Danger On The High (PM)C’s
Danger On The High (PM)C’s by Jill Sargent Russell on 24 January 2013 A piece last week on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today Programme’* on a critical development in military affairs was… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The ‘responsibility to respect’: time to look beyond the nation-state?
The ‘responsibility to respect’: time to look beyond the nation-state? Elise Rietveld 24 January 2013 Subjects: When it comes to R2P are the institutions designed some 60 years ago still the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Military contracting: our new era of corporate mercenaries
Military contracting: our new era of corporate mercenaries A niche business has become a huge industry – but murky as ever: privatising conflict means bypassing democratic oversight Arjun Sethi guardian.co.uk, Wednesday… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
Realism and Non-State Actors Revisited
Realism and Non-State Actors Revisited By Evan Laksmana on January 22, 2013 … Similarly, Neoclassical Realism also provides analytical space for emerging “gray-zone” NGOs like private security companies (PSCs). In this… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Outsourcing Peace
Boston Globe January 22, 2013 Pg. 9 Outsourcing Peace Private firms, unarmed citizens can help UN in protecting world’s hot spots By Farah Stockman In 1994, as the Rwandan genocide got… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
G4S pays out to change prison locks
G4S pays out to change prison locks Thursday, 17 January 2013 It cost G4S more than 415,000 pounds to change the locks at Birmingham prison Security firm G4S paid more than… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Readers speak on contractors
The Federal Diary Joe Davidson Readers speak on defense budget plan, contractors, corruption, whistleblowers By Joe Davidson, Published: January 15 The Federal Diary gets lots of reader reaction via e-mail, snail mail… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
The most open government in the world? It doesn’t feel like it…
… Getting underneath the failings of security contractor G4S at the Olympic Games was also frustrating. “It was very difficult to extract relevant information because the London Organising Committee of the… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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Front: Private firms to take over bulk of the probation service
The Guardian (London) – Final Edition January 9, 2013 Wednesday Front: Private firms to take over bulk of the probation service BYLINE: Alan Travis Home affairs editor Pg. 1 The justice… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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The G4S failures aren’t an isolated case – they show up the failure of an entire ideology
Alan White Unreported Britain. The G4S failures aren’t an isolated case – they show up the failure of an entire ideology Following the Olympic fiasco, an official report suggests setting up… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading
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