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Private Military and Security Companies in the International Legal Void

... Private military and security companies: Mercenaries in suits and khakis? A basic starting point of the debate over the privatization of military force has been the question of whether private military and security companies (PMSCs) and their personnel ... ... of view, it would seem analytically distorting, for example, to think of a Colombian national working for an American PMSC in Afghanistan as anything other than a mercenary. This example is neither fictitious, nor rare. As of July 2013, 83% of the private ...

04.08.2013

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The Rise of the Private Military and Security Industry

... influence as well as implement aspects of a country’s foreign policy. What is taking place is essentially the gradual privatization of war and foreign policy. One aspect of this process is the rise of a thriving private military and security ... ... 1990’s, it was roughly believed that their number had increased to 1 out of 4 soldiers in 2011 in places like Iraq and Afghanistan. The growth of the private military/security industry demonstrates a gradual diffusion of the control over the use ...

18.06.2013

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