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Directory / List of Private
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ORGANIZATIONS
Portal access to International and Non-governmental Organizations
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Organizations and security: dealing with the threat
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LINKS
News Agencies, Discussion Forums, University Projects & Departments, Charity, Campaigns & Foundations, as well as sites focusing on international security and intelligence. MORE >>
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Books: hot on the press 2008-2011 titles, recent books, earlier
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Reading list: Academic & Research Papers, Legal documents & Official Reports, Newsletters & Periodicals, News Articles, and PMC/PSC Industry Opinion & Research dealing with issues inherent in security privatization and military outsourcing trends in the era of globalization and ongoing global instability. MORE >>
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NEWS: SPOTLIGHT |
| · G4S chairman to retire in wake of ISS flop: Financial Tmes, January 13, 2012: GO>> |
| · Afghanistan arrests British, Afghan security contractors over cache of weapons (GardaWorld): Washington Post, January 5, 2012: GO>> |
| · Rise of the drone: From California garage to multibillion-dollar defense industry: Washington Post, December 23, 2011 : GO>> |
| · Pakistan: Committee formed to monitor private security companies: AP, December 22, 2011 : GO>> |
| · G4S wins Lincolnshire (UK) police deal, more work awaits: Reuters, December 21, 2011 : GO>> |
| · UK gives 13,500 troops to Olympics (and 18,000 security guards supplied by G4S): Financial Times, December 15, 2011: GO>> |
| · Company Once Known as Blackwater Ditches Xe for Yet Another New Name: Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2011 : GO>> |
| · Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai
extends private security closure deadline: Reuters, December 11, 2011 : GO>> |
| · Armed guards to protect UK ship: BBC, October 30, 2011: GO>> |
| · British recruiting sergeants get their marching orders: Financial Times, October 9, 2011 : GO>> |
| · Iraq: U.S. Diplomatic Mission and Security Personnel for 2012: DOS Press Release: October 5, 2011 : GO>> |
FOCUS ON 9/11, PMCs, and COUNTER-TERROR: |
| · 9/11 Attacks Led To Half-Trillion-Dollar Homeland Security Spending Binge: Huffington Post, September 9, 2011 : GO>> |
| · Small military contractors flourished after 9/11 attacks: LA Times, September 9, 2011 : GO>> |
| · How Sept. 11 changed government contracting forever: Washington Technology, September 7, 2011: GO>> |
 Osama bin Laden killed: May 2, 2011: DOS transcript (video) | FBI | White House transcript (video) | DOD lead photos 1 2 3 4 | New York Times | Wall Street Journal | BBC | Reuters | Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) | Le Monde (France) | Spiegel (Germany) | El Universal (Mexico) |
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| · Delta One and Operation Twist, September 24, 2011: >>GO |
| · London riots: civilian and private security, 10 August 2011: >>GO |
| · The fear of mass migration from Libya (and North Africa) into Europe, 22 April 2011: >>GO | More on Libya: >>GO |
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| · Overfishing Ourselves out of the Maritime Industry and Defense of the Homeland: Forbes, December 16, 2011 GO>> |
| · After the Cyber Attack on Lockheed Martin, What's the Future of RSA SecureID?: Popular Mechanics, 3 Jun 2011: GO>> |
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| · US House of Representatives: Warlord, Inc. Extortion and Corruption Along the U.S. Supply Chain in Afghanistan, 22 June 2010: >>GO (htm) | PDF (3.14MB) |
| · DOD: 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), Feb. 2010: >>GO |
| · MOD-Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre: Future Character of Conflict. Feb. 2010: >>GO |
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| · Benefits of Simulation Training for Emergency Responders (inc. 3 videos). MPRI, 2008: GO>> |
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| · Hired Guns. Views About Armed Contractors in Operation Iraqi Freedom. RAND, 2010: GO>> |
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| · Simon Mann - Mercenary: BBC Hardtalk, 21 December, 2011 (available until Dec 26): >>GO |
| · Kabul Embassy Guard: Guards Seeking Promotion Pressured into Lewd Hazing (photos). ABC, 4 Sep 2009: >>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 (post-) conflict zones.
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| · Afghanistan Summit: Dubai, UAE, January 16-17, 2012: MORE>> |
| · 1st Official Iraq Defence & Security Summit: Cyprus, December 7-8, 2011, 2011: MORE>> |
| · ISSE (Information Security Solutions Europe) 2010: Tackling Privacy Gets Tougher as Social Networks Add New Services: November 22-23, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic: MORE>> |
| · ISOA (International Stability Operations Association) Annual Summit: October 24-26, 2011, Washington DC: MORE>> |
| · Worldwide Peacekeeping Capacity Building Conference: Washington DC, October 19-21, 2011: MORE>> | About GPOI GO>> |
| · 8th Annual Port & Maritime Security 2011: September 27-28, 2011, Melbourne, Australia: MORE>> |
| · SPACEMAR 2011: Maritime surveillance : Infrastructures and Services: September 27-28, 2011, Toulon, France: MORE>> |
| · DSEi (Defence & security Equipment International): September 13-16, 2011, London: MORE>> |
| · Transport Security Expo 2010: Securing Passenger and Cargo Worldwide: London, September 13-14, 2011: MORE>> |
· Remembering 9/11: In Memoriam: GO>>
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| · 14th Annual Space and Missile Defense Conference: Huntsville, Alabama, August 15-18, 2011: MORE>> |
| · INDESEC 2011: India's Homeland Security Exhibition and Conference: New Delhi, India, June 20-22, 2011: MORE>> |
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| · UK: Public Consultation on 'Code of Conduct' for Private Military Companies. April-July 2009 ; Read the FCO Statement | Read our Initial Assessment |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| · Private Armed Forces and Global Security: A Guide to the Issues. By Carlos Ortiz, Praeger, March 2010. About the book I Table of contents | flyer | Kindle edition |
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| · States, Citizens and the Privatisation of Security. By Elke Krahmann, Cambridge University Press, 2010. |
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| · Private Security Contractors and New Wars: Risk, Law, and Ethics. By Kateri Carmola, Routledge, 2010. |
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| · Halliburton's Army: How a Well-Connected Texas Oil Company Revolutionized the Way America Makes War. By Pratap Chatterjee, Nation Books, 2009. [1 edition, buy soon] |
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| · Outsourcing Peace?: The United Nations' Use of Private Security and Military Companies. By Åse Gilje Østensen, VDM Verlag, 2009. |
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| · Privatising Peace: A Corporate Adjunct to United Nations Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Operations. By Malcolm Hugh Patterson, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. |
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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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| · Executive Outcomes. Against all Odds. By Eeben Barlow, Galago, 2007. About the book | About Barlow and EO |
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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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Journal of International Peace Operations (JIPO): published by
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