Deborah Avant

Deborah Avant July 19, 2021

A Florida security company is entangled in the assassination of Haiti’s president. How is that possible?

An increasing number of clients and providers in the private security market are dodging the rules

Deborah Avant February 28, 2020

If the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, will its military contractors stay? That’s not clear.

Here’s what we know about this invisible army.

Deborah Avant October 19, 2018

Former U.S. Special Forces were reportedly hired to kill Yemen’s leaders. Did the government know?

Deborah Avant September 11, 2018

Privatizing the U.S. effort in Afghanistan seemed a bad idea. Now it’s even worse.

Deborah Avant July 12, 2017

Private military contractors aren’t going to do a better job in Afghanistan. Here’s why.

Deborah Avant April 12, 2016

People (including me) used to think that the private military industry couldn’t govern itself. We were wrong.