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Implications of private military companies on geopolitics and global security [PDF]

open access: yesPolitika nacionalne bezbednosti
Private military companies are part of a moderately developed private security sector, present worldwide and engaged in various jobs. Apart from participation in war conflicts, which are most often associated with them, the services offered by private ...
Lazarević Dajana
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Private military and security companies’ logos: Between camouflaging and corporate socialization [PDF]

open access: yesSecurity Dialogue, 2020
Abstract International relations scholarship has paid insufficient attention to security providers’ tendency to emulate the visual attributes of other actors in an attempt to (re)construct their identities and increase their legitimacy by signalling adherence to prevailing norms. Research on the discourses deployed by private military
CUSUMANO, Eugenio, Cusumano, E.
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Human rights violations committed by private military and security companies: an international law analysis [PDF]

open access: yesEspaço Jurídico, 2016
: This paper is devoted to the growing phenomenon of the private military and security industry with respect to human rights obligations. In the first part, it will analyze the concept of a private security company, which is not clear in national ...
Elzbieta Karska
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Private Military and Security Companies, Territoriality and the Transformation of Western Security Governance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The field of security governance holds a special place within the context of the debate over the diffusion of power from state to non-state actors, from national to international authorities and from governments to markets in Western democracies. Not only has the provision of the ‘public good’ security been considered one of the main functions of ...
Elke Krahmann, Krahmann, E
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STATE, LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE AND ACTIVITIES OF PRIVATE MILITARY-SECURITY COMPANIES IN THE MODERN WORLD

open access: yesСравнительная политика, 2015
State, legitimate violence and activities of private military-security companies in the modern world.
D. O. Novikova
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Security: Collective good or commodity? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published article is available from the link below. Copyright @ 2008 Sage.The state monopoly on the legitimate use of violence in Europe and North America has been central to the development of security
Elke Krahmann, Krahmann, E
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Role francouzských soukromých vojenských společností v sektoru privatizace bezpečnosti: Specifické znaky francouzského přístupu a srovnání s anglosaskými soukromými vojenskými společnostmi

open access: yesObrana a Strategie, 2013
The realm of privatization of security and the consequent existence of private military companies is an important constitutive element of security with regard to international relations. This phenomenon is most strongly developed in the Anglo-Saxon world.
Zdeněk LUDVÍK
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UN Use of Private Military and Security Companies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Although subject to little discussion, the UN has increasingly paid private military and security companies (PMSCs) for a range of services in the areas of humanitarian affairs, peacebuilding and development.
Gilje Østensen, Åse
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Non-state Armed Groups and International Humanitarian Law

open access: yesМосковский журнал международного права, 2013
The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the problems associated with a significant increase in the number of private military and security companies are actively involved in armed conflict presents issues of legality of their participation in ...
I. I. Коtlyarov, Yu. V. Puzyreva
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Use of private military companies in international conflicts: Ethical controversies [PDF]

open access: yesВојно дело, 2015
The paper analyzes the ethical perspective of the use of private military companies in international conflicts, primarily in the post-conflict environment in Iraq and Afghanistan, established in the wake of humanitarian interventions of the US-led ...
Korać Srđan T.
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