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Šváb, David. "Private Military Companies v Africe." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-149825.

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The Master's thesis "Private Military Companies in Africa" deals with the issues of the private military and security companies and their current position in international security relations. The central thesis of this academic publication is the question whether these commercial companies are capable of representing a significant position within the international community and executing extensive operations in conflict resolution and the subsequent transition towards a stable arrangement of the stricken regions. Essentially, the arguments leading to the key objective of this thesis are drawin

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O'Brien, James M. "Private military companies an assessment." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2008/Sept/08Sep%5FOBrien.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2008.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Rothstein, Hy. "September 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on October 31, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-78). Also available in print.

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Dunar, Charles J. Mitchell Jared L. Robbins Donald L. "Private military industry analysis private and public companies /." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FDunar%5FMBA.pdf.

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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007."<br>Advisor(s): Dew, Nicholas ; Hudgens, Bryan J. "December 2007." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on January 10, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-127). Also available in print.

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Dunar, Charles J., Donald L. Robbins, and Jared L. Mitchell. "Private military industry analysis: private and public companies." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10195.

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MBA Professional Report<br>Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>Since the end of the Cold War, the Private Military Industry has skyrocketed. This study gathers, compiles and examines demographic and financial information on 585 private and public companies that operate in the Private Military Industry. The demographic analysis reveals that an overwhelming majority of firms are privately held and offered no financial information. Firm inception dates are closely correlated with past and current world events. Majority of the private firms founders have military or g

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Cinti, Letizia. "Private Military Companies e Private Security Companies. Problemi di responsabilità internazionale degli Stati." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3427198.

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The study has examined the privatization of military services, in particular the companies that offer military and security services on international scale. The first purpose of the study is to construct the legal framework through an exam of international norms applicable to the companies and to the States involved in their employment. Furthermore, we have considered the principal problems concerning the international responsibility of these states.

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Dumlupinar, Nihat. "Regulation of private military companies in Iraq." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2010/Mar/10Mar%5FDumlupinar.pdf.

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Thesis (M.A. in Security Studies (Civil-Military Relations))--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Bruneau, Thomas ; Ear, Sophal. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 26, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Private military companies, Private security companies, Civil-military relations, Regulation of private military companies, Contractors. Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-100). Also available in print.

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Giesen, Stefan [Verfasser]. "Private Military Companies im Völkerrecht / Stefan Giesen." Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1108816622/34.

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Meyering, Alexander Barrett. "Military, Inc. Private Military Companies And State-Centrism In International Relations." Thesis, Department of Government and International Relations, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/8871.

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This study sheds light on the relationship between military privatisation and state-centrism in international relations. The growth of the private military industry has led many to consider the operational implications of the military privatisation program, focusing on the merits of the industry and its inadequate regulation. Few have considered the ontological implications of military privatisation; that as the state outsources what many consider to be its core function and purpose – public security – military privatisation challenges the nature of the state and its central role in internatio

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Galai, Katerina. "The use and regulation of private military companies." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/68194/.

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Kornburger, Michael D. Dobos Jeremy R. "Private military companies analyzing the use of armed contractors /." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/07Dec%5FKornburger.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2007.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): Roberts, Nancy C. "December 2007." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 17, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-73). Also available in print.

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Dobos, Jeremy R. "Private military companies analyzing the use of armed contractors." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/3186.

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"Private Military Companies: Analyzing the Use of Armed Contractors" explores the critical issues that influence the decision to utilize private military companies (PMC) and armed contractors in support of U.S. military operations. The critical issues identified in the thesis address a combination of government, military, and public concerns with the private military industry. Understanding of these critical issues will assist policy makers in determining the validity of the PMC concept and extent to which the U.S. government could utilize armed contractors and consider privatization of c

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Utesch, Philip [Verfasser]. "Private Military Companies - die zukünftigen Peacekeeper/Peace Enforcer? / Philip Utesch." Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1108814557/34.

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Van, der Merwe Melani. "The challenges of regulating private military companies: exploring the possibilities." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4460.

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Wennersten, Carl-Johan. "United Nations use of private military companies for peacekeeping operations." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-23161.

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UN is sending peacekeeping operations all over the world. The paper will highlight that UN is not going only with their peacekeeping operation personnel, UN is also bringing private military companies into their ranks. This paper will focus on UN peacekeeping operations in Africa with the focus of non-interstate operations. Traditionally would not the Just war theory be the theory to apply to peacekeeping operations but by UN orthodox behavior of bringing private military contractors into peacekeeping operations, just war theory becomes appropriate. The purpose of this paper is to bring light

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Marchetti, Carolina <1990&gt. "Private Military/Security companies: la regolamentazione italiana nel contesto internazionale." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/8244.

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Il lavoro prende in analisi le Private Military/Security Companies. Nella prima parte se ne analizzano le caratteristiche: contesto di apparizione, difficoltà di inquadramento giuridico, analisi della domanda, problematiche relative al loro utilizzo. Si procede poi con l'analisi delle norme internazionali applicabili agli individui che lavorano per queste imprese ed alle società in toto, facendo riferimento alle norme internazionali sui mercenari, al diritto internazionale umanitario ed alle iniziative di sof-law specificatamente elaborate in materia. Infine si analizza la normativa italiana a

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Jorgensen, Brent M. "Outsourcing small wars : Expanding the role of private military companies in U.S. military operations /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Sep%5FJorgensen.pdf.

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Fulloon, Mark. "The post-fordist military: an inquiry into the political economy of private military comparnies." Thesis, Griffith University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367776.

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The rise and dominance of private military companies (PMCs) have become key factors in a number of conflicts since the end of the Cold War. This thesis is concerned about how the growth of PMCs is related to the changing modes of production from Fordism to post-Fordism. The changes in modes of production to post-Fordism highlights PMCs offering various military services in the current neo-classical economic environment, the outsourcing of military services, the privatisation and changing nature of war itself, and how PMCs are regulated in terms of their military operations and business structu

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McRae, Peter. "Unaccountable Soldiers: Private Military Companies and the Law of Armed Conflict." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20580.

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The use of Private Military Companies (PMCs) has become an increasingly common feature of contemporary armed conflict. Because of their autonomous contractual status, PMCs have presented governments with problems of accountability on several levels, including violations of international human rights and humanitarian law (IHL) standards. This thesis argues that PMCs should be considered to be non-state actors (NSAs), subject to international law from both an International Relations Theory and a Legal Theory perspective. This conclusion is linked to the issue of whether individual PMC employees

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Dogru, Ali Kemal. "Outsourcing, managing, supervising, and regulating private military companies in contingency operations." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5171.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>This thesis examines the utilization of private military companies (PMCs) by government agencies of the United States in contingency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the roles that PMCs play in current contingency operations, and to analyze how PMCs can become more useful instruments in contingency operations if they are properly outsourced, managed, supervised, and regulated. In this regard, this study largely rests on transaction cost economics to explain the logic of outsourcing from gov

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Van, Jaarsveld Aldri. "Private Military Companies as "new peacemakers" in Africa : is regulation sufficient?" Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/18710.

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Thesis (MA)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This thesis evaluates and explores the function of Private Military Companies (PMCs) on the African continent. The phenomenon of PMCs evolved after the end of the Cold War. This study focuses on the relevant international and national legislation regulating PMCs that conduct active military assistance operations. These PMC operations have a strategic impact on the political, social, economical and security environments of the areas in which they are contracted to operate. The purpose of the thesis is to assess whether PMCs are

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Roberts, Ruth. "The role of military companies in African conflicts." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2187.

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Thesis (MA (Political Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.<br>Private military companies (PMCs)are increasing becoming involved in modern conflicts providing specialised skills such as combat services, planning, intelligence, training, support and technical assistance. They provide an alternative to weak state governments as Western governments have become increasingly reluctant to commit their troops to be involved in the civil conflicts of the developing world. Supporters of the employment of private forces see them as an effective solution to this combination of need from conflict-

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MARICONDA, CLAUDIA GABRIELLA. "HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOUR RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES. PERSPECTIVES ON PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/11127.

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Lo studio si inserisce nel dibattito sul potere delle multinazionali e il rispetto dei diritti umani fondamentali e approfondisce i concetti di responsabilità sociale delle imprese (CSR) e della loro "accountability", inquadrando l'analisi nel contesto più ampio degli investimenti esteri diretti (FDI), con i relativi aspetti economici, tecnologici e sociali, nonché ambientali e politici. Si analizzano le norme internazionali in tema di rispetto dei diritti umani da parte delle aziende, ed i meccanismi legali per rendere le società "accountable", soprattutto in caso di complicità aziendali neg

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MARICONDA, CLAUDIA GABRIELLA. "HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOUR RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES. PERSPECTIVES ON PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY COMPANIES." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/11127.

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Lo studio si inserisce nel dibattito sul potere delle multinazionali e il rispetto dei diritti umani fondamentali e approfondisce i concetti di responsabilità sociale delle imprese (CSR) e della loro "accountability", inquadrando l'analisi nel contesto più ampio degli investimenti esteri diretti (FDI), con i relativi aspetti economici, tecnologici e sociali, nonché ambientali e politici. Si analizzano le norme internazionali in tema di rispetto dei diritti umani da parte delle aziende, ed i meccanismi legali per rendere le società "accountable", soprattutto in caso di complicità aziendali neg

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Ralby, Ian McDowell. "Private military and security companies in the uncharted spaces of the law." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/252261.

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Tsiftzis, Zafeiris. "Private military and security companies : options for regulation under human rights law." Thesis, University of Bolton, 2017. http://ubir.bolton.ac.uk/1768/.

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In the aftermath of the Cold war, new actors began to carry out a wide range of tasks with regard to the use of force. For instance, States relied on private business entities to perform military and security services which before had been performed by national armed forces. PMSCs are requested by governments, international organizations and NGOs or other corporations to provide with land-based or maritime military and/or security services that traditionally belonged to States. These services usually include the armed guarding and the protection of persons and objects, the maintenance and oper

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Makki, S., S. Meek, A. Musah, Michael J. A. Crowley, and D. Lilly. "Private Military Companies and the Proliferation of Small Arms: Regulating the Actors." Thesis, British American Security Information Council (BASIC), International Alert and Saferworld, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4268.

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yes<br>The 1990s witnessed a change in the way wars were fought as the amount of available weaponry increased and the types of actors engaged in warfare multiplied. The opening up of the international arms trade, in particular with new buyers and more channels of supply, has raised concerns about who purchases weapons and for what use. Afeature of this changing nature of conflict has been the continuing, if not growing, presence of mercenaries and the emergence of private companies contracted to provide military and security services. These range from logistical support and training to a

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Heskett, Jonathan D. "The potential scope for use of private military companies in military operations : an historical and economical analysis /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Dec%5FHeskett.pdf.

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Thesis (Master of Business Administration)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2005.<br>Thesis Advisor(s): David R. Henderson, Brad Naegle. Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-66). Also available online.

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Coufal, Leonard. "More than mercenaries? : mercenaries, Sierra Leone, and the rise of private military companies." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/32347.

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The rise of Private Military Companies (PMCs) in the mid 1990s suggests a significant threat to the states' traditional control of force. The impact of these companies on Africa has yet to be fully investigated, and their roots in Africa's mercenary past are often ignored or misunderstood. Sierra Leone's experience with three companies, Gurkha Security Guards (GSG), Executive Outcomes (EO), and Sandline International provides an ideal setting in which to both explore and pinpoint the transformation of freelance mercenaries into modern PMCs. At the center of this debate is Peter Singer's

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Yigit, Huseyin. "Privatization of peacekeeping: UN's institutional capacity to control Private Military and Security Companies." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37747.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited<br>Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) are perceived as a cost-effective alternative to the national troops contributed by member states to the UN peacekeeping operations. This thesis draws on the Thomas Bruneaus three-dimensional civil-military relations theory to answer the question: Can United Nations employ PMSCs in peacekeeping operations to achieve UN goals more fully than national militaries? Analysis of the UN peacekeeping system reveals that although the UN peacekeeping system has undergone several reforms and develope

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Tonkin, Hannah Jane. "States' international obligations to control private military & security companies in armed conflict." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:1658758a-481a-4f1c-83c0-2ef269a78778.

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Tens of thousands of contractors work for private military and security companies (PMSCs) in armed conflicts around the world, often hired by states to fulfil functions that were once the exclusive domain of the armed forces. In this context, PMSCs have performed a wide range of activities including offensive combat, prisoner interrogation, military advice and training, armed security, intelligence and logistics. The proliferation of PMSCs during the past two decades has challenged conventional conceptions of the state as the primary holder of coercive power in the international arena. Nonethe

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Halvarsson, Niklas. "Privatisering av svensk säkerhet : Vilka faktorer driver expansionen av privata säkerhetsföretag?" Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-1431.

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Sedan kalla krigets slut har en ny typ av aktör dykt upp i internationella konflikter och krig världen över. Denna aktör är privata företag som i dagsläget erbjuder allt från supplementär logistik till att helt ersätta nationella arméer. Utgångspunkten i denna uppsats är att ta reda på vilka faktorer som har skapat en marknad för dessa företag generellt, samt vilka av dessa faktorer som kan förklara framväxten i Sverige specifikt. I uppsatsen undersöks befintlig forskning kring vad som drivit utvecklingen. Därefter kommer befintlig teori att prövas som förklaringsmodell för expansionen i Sveri

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Lovewine, George C. "Outsourcing the "global war on terrorism" : the use of private military companies to supplement the United States military." Thesis, Swansea University, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608341.

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Janaby, Mohamad. "The legal regime applicable to private military and security company personnel in armed conflicts." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2015. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=228981.

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Private military and security companies (PMSCs) have been extensively used to provide military and security services in various armed conflicts. Aspects of their use have generated concerns that the personnel of these companies are no more than modern mercenaries. This thesis clarifies the legal regime applicable to such companies in armed conflicts. This regime includes both the legal status and legal regulation of PMSC personnel. The aim of this thesis is not to create a new status for PMSC personnel, but to clarify which of the existing legal statuses adopted by international humanitarian l

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Daniels, Caroline. "The status of private military companies under international humanitarian law; towards a new convention." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/4689.

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The public-private dichotomy of warfare is crumbling down as governments are voluntarily surrendering one of the essential and defining attributes of statehood: the state's monopoly on the legitimate use of force, leading to the privatization of war and conflicts

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Niewerth, Martin. "Private Militärunternehmen im Völkerrecht." München M-Press Meidenbauer, 2007. http://d-nb.info/989530388/04.

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Milkeraitytė, Kristina. "Private Military and Security Companies and Their Personnel in the Context of International Humanitarian Law." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2009. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2009~D_20090629_101808-18164.

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The tendency after the end of the Cold war to downsize national armies on the one hand and persistent armed conflicts in unstable African, Near East and Balkan regions on the other created opening conditions for the revival and rapid evolvement of the private business structures that provide military and security services. Prevailing viewpoint that PMSCs and their personnel represent the new form of the mercenary is not correct from the IHL perspective and could lead to serious human rights abuses. Numerous cases and analysis of the scholar literature shows that inaccurate qualification of th

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Feldman, William Brand. "War and privatization : a moral theory of private protective agencies, militias, contractors, military firms, and mercenaries." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:843f0118-f6bd-419c-bf11-ce05a2ff43de.

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This thesis investigates the moral permissibility of military privatization. My analysis focuses on two distinct concepts: the authorization of war and the supply of war. Entities that authorize war decide that military force will be used and by whom; entities that supply war then execute the various tasks that have been authorized for performance. Part I argues that private actors may not justifiably authorize war. The reason is that, in so doing, they would impose considerable risks on individuals who lack a say in authorization—particularly fellow countrymen who may suffer from retaliatory

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Walsh, Matthew. "The role of PMCs (Private Military Companies) in counter-insurgency combat in Afghanistan (2001 to 2010)." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11958.

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Includes abstract.<br>Includes bibliographical references.<br>"The Role of PMCs (Private Military Companies) in Counter-insurgency Combat in Afghanistan (2001 to 2010)" aims to identify the primary combat roles which PMCs played while in support of U.S. forces during the counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan from 2001-2010. It first provides background on a number of issues, including U.S. legal and policy themes regarding PMCs, their previous use in combat situations while supporting U.S. foreign policy goals, and the insurgency and counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan.

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Murphy, Ian. "Private military companies, peacekeeping, and African states : a critical analysis of PMCs in peacekeeping operations in Africa." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/880.

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This thesis analyses critically the hypothesis that Private Military Companies (PMCs) are a viable option for direct involvement in UN peacekeeping missions in African states. The involvement of PMCs in the affairs of states is a controversial and divisive issue, but since the end of the Cold War, they have become increasingly involved in the security structures of African states, and in post-conflict reform of such structures. They have also become involved in tasks related to commercial activities central to the political economies of African states. Indeed, Africa was the theatre in which P

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Matteo, D. "The use of private military and security companies in international society : contestation and legitimation of state practice." Thesis, University of Westminster, 2015. https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/item/9897q/the-use-of-private-military-and-security-companies-in-international-society-contestation-and-legitimation-of-state-practice.

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The objective of this dissertation is to understand how the legitimacy of the state’s international use of PMSCs is evolving in contemporary international society. The first part of the dissertation develops an analytical framework that combines theoretical propositions of the English School and the ‘German’ constructivist strand with a reflective-analyticist philosophical ontology and with content and discourse analytical methods. The empirical part of the dissertation provides an overview of contemporary state practice, investigates how international society has responded to state practice i

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Blackford, Grace. "Soldiers of Fortune: A qualitative study into the effects of military provider, Private Military Companies on the domestic sovereignty of fragile African nations." Thesis, Department of Government and International Relations, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27366.

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The global security environment is rapidly changing and dynamic, presenting an interesting challenge to nation states. This has created an industry for private security in which lower capacity states can increase their force, skills, and expertise on the combat front to effectively defeat an enemy. However, this industry presents a new challenge to the sovereignty of nations as it takes the military, which was previously a state-controlled institution and has opened it up to private influence. This thesis looks to explore whether Private Military Companies that provide direct military combat h

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Schneiker, Andrea. "Privatisierung des Militärischen? : Private Militärfirmen als Akteure in der US-Außenpolitik." Universität Potsdam, 2005. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/texte_eingeschraenkt_welttrends/2010/4831/.

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Since the early 1990s the use of private military companies (PMCs) has proliferated. Especially the United States are increasingly turning to private contractors to perform military tasks. Privatization advocates claim that PMCs work cheaper than the military. In addition to that, PMCs give the cover of plausible deniability that regular troops lack. But the fact that legislative control or public debate are missing raises the question of accountability and underlines the need for legal means to control and regulate PMCs and their operations.

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Sadat, Hadjer Tahmina [Verfasser]. "Spoiler or Stabilizer? : Assessing the Role of Private Military and Security Companies in Armed Conflicts / Tahmina Sadat Hadjer." Konstanz : Bibliothek der Universität Konstanz, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1078960054/34.

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Racine-Sibulka, Paul. "Pushing the Limits of the US Warrior Ethos: Understanding the Extensive Use of Private Military Companies in Iraq." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30997.

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This thesis addresses the growing privatization of the US forces through the Revolution in Military Affairs and the War in Iraq and its implications for the purpose of mobilization and individual military commitment conceptualize by the US warrior ethos. Creating a dialogue between the literature on Private Military Companies and the US warrior ethos, this thesis aims at providing a comprehensive understanding of the values sustaining the warrior ethos and how they are jeopardized by the emergence of new actors in the battlespace. I argue that this commercial turn in the US military erode the

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Blüme, Hanna. "Private Military and Security Companies in Armed Conflict : Privatisation of Violence as a Challenge to Contemporary International Humanitarian Law." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-94721.

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Acheson, Aileen Winifred. "An examination of the development of a norm of corporate social responsibility in British private military and security companies." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.695213.

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This thesis examines the development and diffusion of a nonn of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in and among British Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). Having identified a gap in the literature pertaining to an in-depty analysis of CSR in the PMSC industry the thesis outlines a new analytical model of CSR development and internalisation among PMSCs. The thesis is organised primarily around three case studies and the model forms the framework of analysis applied throughout the case study chapters. Specifically the analysis focuses on a range of socially responsible policies

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Street, Daniel. "Opening Pandora's Box? : theorising the commercialisation of military force in the post-Cold War world." Thesis, University of Bath, 2016. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.690740.

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The commercialisation of military services has increased in importance since the end of the Cold War. Commercial Military Service Providers (CMSPs) have found increased respectability and worked in states on every continent. Writing on CMSPs has similarly increased. Several high profile incidents have come under intense scrutiny, and has led to some portions of the literature demonising their use. However, there are still conceptual and theoretical issues which have been under explored. This thesis contributes to the literature which has sought to address this theoretical lacuna. Historical So

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Thomson, Andrew. "The para-state nexus and US statecraft in the global South: The evolution of paramilitaries and private military companies in counterinsurgency and unconventional warfare." Thesis, University of Kent, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.593917.

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This thesis examines why the US has increasingly rel ied on proxy forms of intervention in counterinsurgency and unconventional warfare operations and support Most existing studies on paramil itaries, mercenaries, and private military companies (PMCs) in US foreign policy analyze these actors separately from one another and tend to emphasize the ir relative newness in the post-Cold War security environment. In contrast, this thesis traces the continuity and evolution of the use of para-institutional actors in US-led and supported counterinsurgency and unconventional warfare engagements in the

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Johnson, Jade Nichole. "Corporate warriors : scourge or solution in African conflict resolution." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5178.

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Thesis (MA (Political Science. International Studies))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.<br>Bibliography<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) are fast becoming a permanent structure in international security. PMSCs are made up of two groups, namely Private Military Companies (PMCs) and Private Security Companies (PSCs). Antagonism towards their existence and involvement in African civil wars is the result of some damaging effects of PMSCs- more specifically PMCs- including misconceptions. Both PMCs and PSCs are compared to mercenaries and definitional issues pl

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Leunis, Jelle. "The Road to Regulation of Private Military and Security Companies: An Analysis of the (Re-)Articulation of the Norms Governing the Legitimate Use of Force." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/13740.

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Since the end of the Cold War, private military and security companies have gained a prominent place on the international battlefield. In an attempt to reduce monetary and political costs, states have not only outsourced some of the defense functions previously performed by uniformed personnel; they have also partly privatised the provision of security. Traditional accounts of the rise of private military and security companies have explained this evolution in terms of changing demand and supply of military force after the Cold War, in a neoliberal ideological environment. This rationalist acc

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