A Florida security company is entangled in the assassination of Haiti’s president. How is that possible? Deborah Avant - July 19, 2021 An increasing number of clients and providers in the private security market are dodging the rules
If the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, will its military contractors stay? That’s not clear. Deborah Avant - February 28, 2020 Here’s what we know about this invisible army.
Eisenhower called it the ‘military-industrial complex.’ It’s vastly bigger now. Daniel Wirls - June 25, 2019 Here are four things to know about this transformation.
Privatizing the U.S. effort in Afghanistan seemed a bad idea. Now it’s even worse. Deborah Avant - September 11, 2018 [caption id="attachment_77550" align="aligncenter" width="960"] U.S. troops wait for their helicopter
Private military contractors aren’t going to do a better job in Afghanistan. Here’s why. Deborah Avant - July 12, 2017 [caption id="attachment_60837" align="aligncenter" width="960"] U.S. forces and Afghan security police
People (including me) used to think that the private military industry couldn’t govern itself. We were wrong. Deborah Avant - April 12, 2016 [caption id="attachment_38945" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Blackwater USA founder Erik Prince testified