Test case in Africa [20] This week, MPRI expects to get government approval to go into Equatorial Guinea, an agreement that illustrates the questions some critics have with a so-called privatization o...
[16] The only government regulation of PMCs comes through the State Department, which handles their export licensing in much the same manner as it would a crate of guns, says a State Department spokes...
[11] But the industry has been expanding for the past 10 years, and is thought to be worth several billion dollars. During the 1990s, PMCs trained militaries in some 42 countries. Analysts estimate th...
[6] Most recently, for example, the State Department approved a license for a US company to help bolster security in Equatorial Guinea, an African country of half a million people that is run by a mil...
The Rise of the Private-Sector Military 私营军事公司的兴起 In era of shrinking armed forces, America turns to private firms to carry out foreign military aid. 在武装部队缩减的时代,美...