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The Role of Private Military Companies in Defense Policy and Military Operations
Andalas Journal of International Studies, 2023 This research explores the role of private military companies (PMCs) in defense policy and military operations. This research utilizes a qualitative approach, primarily relying on secondary data sources such as government reports, academic articles, and ...
Aris Sarjito
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The Emergence of Russian Private Military Companies: A New Tool of Clandestine Warfare
Special Operations Journal, 2020 In recent years, the Russian private security and military company (PMSC) industry has evolved to serve the needs of both business clients as well as governments. Thus far, the ties between the Kremlin and the Russian PMSC industry are ambiguous and seem
Tor Bukkvoll
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Contemporary Security Policy, 2021 This article studies the limitations of multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) relating to Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs). It draws attention to three distinct ways in which power operates in and around MSIs: rules, structural positions ...
Berenike Prem
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International Peacekeeping, 2021 A prominent anti-mercenary norm entrepreneur in the second half of the twentieth century, the United Nations (UN) has become an equally prominent user of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) services in the twenty-first century.
Eugenio Cusumano, Olďrich Bureš
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Bulgarians’ Motivation for Participation in Private Military Companies [PDF]
Bulgarian Journal of International Economics and Politics, 2023 Private military companies are becoming increasingly popular; their manpower is higher than the manpower of some national armies. Nevertheless, they still exist in the shadows and are often called “shadow armies”.
Hristo Tutunarov
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Pathways to Peace and Security, 2023 In many cases throughout history, addressing broad political, economic and military tasks involved the use of mercenaries or private military companies (PMCs). They are increasingly used in modern armed conflicts, both local and larger-scale.
P. Naumov
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PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES: LEGAL ASPECTS OF APPLICATION
Russian Studies in Law and Politics, 2023 Article is devoted to the problems of development of private military companies in Russia. It shows the practice of private military companies in the current political situation in the world.
Azamat M. Shadzhe +2 more
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Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, 2023 The exacerbation of terrorism in Sahelian West and Central Africa and the presence of foreign legions in aid of counterterrorism has generated research interest in private military companies (PMCs) as legions, including drone legions.
M. Amoah
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One man in the field is no warrior: Turkey’s key private military companies
Pathways to Peace and Security, 2023 The article examines key private military companies affiliated with the Republic of Turkey. In a new type of security architecture that is being formed non-state actors play a growing role.
V. Avatkov, A. Sbitneva
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Use of private military companies in international conflicts: Ethical controversies [PDF]
Војно 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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