Perspectives originating in the industry, whether conceptualized around the notions of Private Military Companies or Private Security Companies, constitute relevant sources documenting the trajectory of a commercial sector in search of public awareness and respectability. For contributions please contact us.

• A response to the editor of Vanity Fair from Aegis CEO Tim Spicer. Tim Spicer OBE, Aegis, June 2007: click here

• Assessing the Accountability of Private Security Provision. Carlos Ortiz on behalf of PrivateMilitary.org. .Journal of International Peace Operations, vol. 2, no. 3, January/February 2007: click here

• Contractor scrutiny. Washington Technology staff writer Alice Lipowicz discussed the controversy surrounding House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman's stepped up pressure on government contractors, 7 March 2007: click here

• Duty of care to employees on deployed operations - An ArmorGroup Perspective. ArmorGroup International plc, 31 August 2006: click here

• Ethical security: The private sector in peace and stability operations. JJ Messner. Paper presented at the Conference on the Regulation of the Private Security Sector in Africa. Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, 19–20 April 2007: click here

• GardaWorld Awarded First "Peace Prize" from the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East for its Work in Iraq. First Security Company in the World to be Awarded International Peace Prize. GardaWorld, 14 May 2007: click here

• Hot contracts in the Department of Defense 2006. A Washington Technology online forum featuring Input Inc. Consulting Group member David Borland and Input business analyst Megan Gamse, who were available to field questions about 2006's hot Defense contracts, 3 August 2006: click here

• Humanitarian Emergencies. New Role for Security Firms? By James Fennell (ArmorGroup), 27 January 2000. This article is abridged from a paper given by Mr Fennell, ArmorGroup's Country Manager for Democratic Republic of Congo at Cranfield University in October 1999: click here

• IPOA Testimony Before the House Armed Services Committee. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation. Executive Summary. Washington DC, 25 April 2007: click here

• Interview with Andrew Bearpark. Director general of the British Association of Private Security Companies. International Review of the Red Cross. No. 863, 2006, pp. 449-557: click here

• Regulation - An ArmorGroup Perspective. ArmorGroup International plc, 27 September 2004: A statement of its position on the regulation of Private Security Companies ("PSCs") and Private Military Companies ("PMCs") that are based in the United Kingdom and operate in areas of diminished law and order and civil strife around the world: click here

• Regulation of the Private Security Industry and the Future of the Market. BAPSCS Policy Paper by Andrew BearPark and Sabrina Schulz: click here

• State of the Peace & Stability Operations Industry Survey 2006. International Peace Operations Association, December 2006: click here

• Testimony to the South African Parliament: Prohibition of Mercenary Activity and Prohibition and Regulation of Certain Activities in an area of Armed Conflict Bill. Brooks, Doug: IPOA, 28 October 2005. click here

• Testimony to the U.S. Congress. Brooks, Doug: IPOA, 13 June 2006. click here

• Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) an Industry Advisory. An article by Mark Ranson, a Director of Specialist Gurkha Services UK Limited (SGS), 2006:

http://www.privatemilitary.org/publications/Ranson-Commercial_UXO_Clearance.pdf