Information on "Private Military Companies"
October 2012
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Oct 2012
Dealing with Private Security Companies
Author: Marc von Boemcken
Publisher: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
While there is evidence to suggest that private security companies can help foster economic growth and ease the burdens of public security providers, the still inadequate regulation of these companies tends to create problems. More on «Dealing with Private Security Companies»
September 2012
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Sep 2012
Pirates and Privateers: Managing the Indian Ocean’s Private Security Boom
Author: James Brown
Publisher: Lowy Institute for International Policy
This paper examines the origins, characteristics, problems and likely trajectory of the private security boom in the Indian Ocean. More on «Pirates and Privateers: Managing the Indian Ocean’s Private Security Boom»
August 2012
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Aug 2012
Civilian and Private Security Contractors – Yes, They're Here to Stay
Author: Maxim Worcester
Publisher: Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung (ISPSW) / International Relations and Security Network (ISN)
This publication offers a positive view of the growing use of civilian contractors and private security companies (PSCs). More on «Civilian and Private Security Contractors – Yes, They're Here to Stay»
February 2012
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Feb 2012
Afghanistan Security: Department of Defense Effort to Train Afghan Police Relies on Contractor Personnel to Fill Skill and Resource Gaps
Author: Charles Michael Johnson Jr
Publisher: US Government Accountability Office (GAO), Washington, DC
This paper discusses the skill and resource gaps which mean that US Department of Defense need to rely on contractors to train police in Afghanistan. More on «Afghanistan Security: Department of Defense Effort to Train Afghan Police Relies on Contractor Personnel to Fill Skill and Resource Gaps»
January 2012
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2012
Commercial Politics of Peace
Author: Anna Leander
Publisher: Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Clausewitz’s famous depiction of war as the prolongation of politics by other means captures how many Europeans think their countries’ engagement in Afghanistan is to be understood. More on «Commercial Politics of Peace» -
2012
Letting Others Lead
Author: Anna Leander
Publisher: Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Europeans often assume that their countries take a restrictive approach to the regulation of commercial military services, and that the regulatory glitches that continue to occur must be attributable to the permissive regulations of other states, par... More on «Letting Others Lead» -
2012
Silent and Irresponsible: European Approaches to Commercial Military Services
Author: Anna Leander
Publisher: Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
The silence within Europe and the irresponsibility of the approach to the commercialization of military services that it entails is the topic of the this brief. More on «Silent and Irresponsible: European Approaches to Commercial Military Services»
December 2011
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Dec 2011
UN Integration and Humanitarian Space
Author: Victoria Metcalfe, Alison Giffen, Samir Elhawary
Publisher: Henry L Stimson Center / Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
This independent study, carried out jointly by the Humanitarian Policy Group and the Stimson Center, was commissioned by the UN Integration Steering Group to look in detail at the impacts of UN integration on humanitarian action. More on «UN Integration and Humanitarian Space» -
Dec 2011
Commercial Security and Development
Author: Marc von Boemcken, Michael Ashkenazi
Publisher: Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)
An important argument of this brief is that the phenomenon of commercial security forces us to reconsider some of the contentions underlying the so-called ‘security–development nexus’. More on «Commercial Security and Development» -
Dec 2011
Tackling Development and Maritime Security in the Horn of Africa
Author: Duncan Varda
Publisher: DAI
In this paper, it is argued that the growing number of countries involved in the oversight of private security companies (PSCs) should boost confidence in the industry's ability to adhere to human rights principles and be held accountable for its mem... More on «Tackling Development and Maritime Security in the Horn of Africa»
