Blackwater
US Panel: Up to $60bn wasted in Afghanistan, Iraq
September 01 by Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyAugust 31, 2011 A bipartisan panel of auditors and former lawmakers says that the U.S. government has squandered as much as $60 billion over the last decade in Afghanistan and Iraq due to waste a...
The US Military and the Culture of Contracting
July 14 by Defence Dateline GroupThe defence industry is often viewed as a classic producer of complex kit, gear and technological gadgetry, all packaged and shipped to foreign warzones. From missiles to bergens to aircraft, the...
From War Room to Board Room: UK Private Security Companies Take Charge of Post-conflict Stabilisation
October 20 by Robert DensmoreIn our first interview with the head of a British private security company, we explore the roughly charted waters of military style operations taken on by the private sector. Chris Rafferty speaks f...