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Maritime Private Security: Market responses to piracy, terrorism and waterborne security risks in the 21st century
Maritime Private Security: Market responses to piracy, terrorism and waterborne security risks in the 21st century (Cass Series: Naval Policy and History) [Hardcover] Patrick Cullen (Editor), Claude Berube (Editor) Publication Date: January 26, 2012 | ISBN-10: 0415688620 | ISBN-13: 978-0415688628 … Continue reading
The Consequences of Pursuit of Profit
By David Isenberg Reduced to its essentials every argument and debate about the use of private military and security contractors comes down to two words; outsourcing and privatization. The argument is simply whether they are good and bad. Personally I … Continue reading
THE ABSENCE OF JUSTICE: PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTORS, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S POLICY OF INDIFFERENCE
University of Illinois Law Review 2011 11 U. Ill. L. Rev. 1125 NOTE: THE ABSENCE OF JUSTICE: PRIVATE MILITARY CONTRACTORS, SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S POLICY OF INDIFFERENCE NAME: Angela Snell* BIO: * J.D. Candidate, 2011, University of Illinois … Continue reading
Why PMSC Can’t Use Kant
Huffington Post Posted: 01/24/2012 6:04 pm By David Isenberg Why PMSC Can’t Use Kant Sometimes, when listening to the arguments of private military and security contractors about how the actions of their industry helps make the world a more stable, … Continue reading
Say What? You Talking About Me?
Say What? You Talking About Me? Huffington Post Posted: 1/17/12 12:31 PM ET By David Isenberg, Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ Those who follow the private security contractor industry, even if only cursorily, are doubtlessly aware that … Continue reading
A Future of PMC Pushers?
David Isenberg Author, ‘Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq’ A Future of PMC Pushers? Posted: 12/25/11 04:44 PM ET Anyone who has ever used a contractor for anything, i.e., fixing your chimney, installing electrical circuitry, repairing a furnace, let … Continue reading
Ambush and Aftermath: Contractors and Bureaucracy on the Interagency Battlefield
Military Review January-February 2010 Ambush and Aftermath: Contractors and Bureaucracy on the Interagency Battlefield Lieutenant Colonel Paul Christopher, U.S. Army, Retired, Ph.D. An ambush in Iraq shows that common sense must override bureaucratic procedures to get the job done. Lieutenant Colonel … Continue reading
Putting a Human and Historical Face on Intelligence Contracting
Orbis Mar2010, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p232-251, 20p Putting a Human and Historical Face on Intelligence Contracting By Raphael S. Cohen Raphael S. Cohen, a former active duty Army intelligence officer, is Security Studies M.A./Government Ph.D. candidate at Georgetown university. … Continue reading
Private Security Companies and Private Military Companies: A Comparative and Economical Analysis
Journal of International & Global Studies Nov2010, Vol. 2 Issue 1, p149-151, 3p Private Security Companies and Private Military Companies: A Comparative and Economical Analysis By Martijn Mos Joery Matthys. Private Security Companies and Private Military Companies: A Comparative and … Continue reading
Uncharted Waters THE PRIVATE SECTOR’S FIGHT AGAINST PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS
Brooklyn Law Review Fall 2010, Vol. 76 Issue 1, p343-383, 41p By Michael G. Scavelli Uncharted Waters: THE PRIVATE SECTOR’S FIGHT AGAINST PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS In the early moming of June 27, 2005, Captain Sellathurai Mahalingam was at … Continue reading