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What are Private Military (and/or) Security Companies, Contractors or Firms? >>DEFINITION |
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COMPANIES / CONTRACTORS
Directory of Private
Military Companies (or PMCs), Private
Security Companies (or PSCs), Risk
Consultancy Firms, Security & Military Contractors, as well as Corporations
& Conglomerates in adjacent business sectors. Searching
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· ArmorGroup International: >>GO |
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ORGANIZATIONS
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· Engaged
in accreditation, training, and self-regulation:
Private Security & Military Companies Professional
Associations. >>GO |
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Organizations and security: dealing with the threat
posed by piracy and terrorism on ports, maritime boundaries, and shipping routes.
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PUBLICATIONS
Reading list: Academic & Research Papers, Legal documents & Official Reports, Newsletters & Periodicals, News
Articles, and PMC/PSC Industry
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NEWS: SPOTLIGHT |
· Colombia hostage rescue: the Israeli angle, Haaretz, 4 Jul 2008: >>GO |
| · Foreign security guards in Iraq may lose immunity, The Times, 3 Jul 2008: >>GO |
| · TALES FROM THE TWILIGHT WAR ZONE: Use of Islamic law asked in Blackwater's Presidential Airways suit, News & Observer, 19 Jun 2008: >>GO |
| · Israeli shift to private security draws fire, FT.com, 4 Jun 2008: >>GO |
| · Nepal's new republic puts Gurkhas at risk, The Telegraph, 1 Jun 2008: >>GO |
| · Iraq abduction anniversary appeal, BBC, 29 May 2008: >>GO |
| · Spending On Iraq Poorly Tracked. Washington Post, News, 23 May 2008: >>GO |
| · British IT recruiters defiant over security clearance. Contractor UK, 23 May 2008: >>GO |
· Sanders halts Blackwater plans. Union Tribune, 23 May 2008: >>GO | Injunction for Otay operations granted, 17 Jun 2008: >>GO |
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| · Outsourcing Intelligence in Iraq: A CorpWatch Report on L-3/Titan, CorpWatch, 29 Apr 2008: >>GO |
| · Who's Behind Abu Ghraib?, MotherJones, 20 Mar 2008: >>GO |
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| · Reframing the Defense Outsourcing Debate: Merging Government Oversight with Industry Partnership, POI/IPOA, Oct 2007: GO>> |
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| · The French (PMCs) are coming, 23 June 2008: >>GO |
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| · Video report: Simon Mann's trial in Equatorial Guinea, Channel 4 News, June 17- 2008: >>GO |
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RESOURCES
Maps,
Language Tools,
Satellite Imagery,
Military-terminology sites,
and GI
Gear & Equipment: resources aimed at researchers and
civilian contractors heading to a (post-) conflict zone.
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Looking
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LINKS
News
Agencies, Discussion Forums,
University Projects
& Departments, Charity,
Campaigns & Foundations, as well as sites focusing on international security
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| · The Falkland Islands Defence Force (FIDF), a civilian army. MORE>> |
| · Supporting Britain's Reservists and Employers (SaBRE). MORE>> |
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· Grand final of the 2008 Global Security Challenge. London, 13 November 2008: MORE>> |
| · The Future of Ship Registers, Singapore, 13-14 October 2008: MORE>> |
| · Iraq Development Program Summit – Erbil Kurdistan Region, Iraq, 8-9 October 2008: MORE>> |
| · SMi's Port Security Conference: Identify Risks and Mitigate Threats, Barcelona, 1-2 October 2008: MORE>> |
 US Independence Day, 4 July 2008 |
| · International Conference in support of Afghanistan, Paris, 12th June 2008 MORE>> |
| · Critical Infrastructure Protection Summit for Africa & The Middle East: Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, June 2008. |
| · International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers: 29 May 2008: About | 2007 Day |
| · SMi's 9th Annual Fighter Training Conference: London, 19-20 May 2008: MORE>> |
| · SMi’s Cyber Defence Conference: Copenhagen, 14-5 May 2008: MORE>> |
| · Project Rebuild Iraq 2008: The 5th International Rebuild Iraq Exhibition: Amman, Jordan, 5-8 May 2008: MORE>> |
| · 3rd Annual Canadian DND UXO Forum: Ottawa, 22-24 April 2008: MORE>> |
| · Iraq Defence, Security & Communications Summit: United Arab Emirates, 16-17 Feb 2008: Press release | Sold out | MORE>> |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Executive Outcomes. Against all Odds. By Eeben Barlow, Galago, 2007. About the book | About Barlow and EO |
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| Our Good Name: A Company's Fight to Defend Its Honor and Get the Truth Told About Abu Ghraib. By J. Phillip London, Regnery Publishing, 2008. |
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| Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing. By Tim Shorrock, Simon & Schuster, 2008. |
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| Private Military and Security Companies: Ethics, Policies and Civil-Military Relations. Edited by Andrew Alexandra, Deane-Peter Baker, Marina Caparini, Cass Military Studies, 2008. |
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| Private Military and Security Companies. Chances, Problems, Pitfalls and Prospects. Edited by J. Thomas, and K. Gerhard. Wiesbaden, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 2007. About the book | Chapter outline |
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| From Mercenaries to Market: The Rise and Regulation of Private Military Companies. Edited by Simon Chesterman and Chia Lehnardt, Oxford University Press, 2007. About the book | Chapter outline |
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| Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone. By Rajiv Chandrasekaran,
Knopf, 2006. |
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| Licensed to Kill: Hired Guns in the War on Terror. By Robert Young Peyton, Crown, 2006. |
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| The Wonga Coup: A Tale of Guns, Germs And Mayhem in an Oil-rich Corner of Africa. By Adam Roberts, PublicAffairs, 2006. |
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| The
Journal of International Peace Operations: published by
the International Peace Operations
Association (IPOA):
Jul/Aug 2008
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