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What’s in a name? Rebranding as a PMSC Strategy

What’s in a name? Rebranding as a PMSC Strategy

Nov 21, 2017 | Industry, News

The increasing allocation of government contracts to third-party, private firms in the military and security provision has not only generated an emerging market for defense products and services, but has also established some of the biggest transnational firms operating throughout various jurisdictions in a multiplicity of international contexts.
Is there a control over the Private Military & Security Companies?

Is there a control over the Private Military & Security Companies?

Apr 20, 2017 | Industry, Regulations

On the 16th and 17th of February, the International Catalan Institute for Peace (ICIP) and the Direcció General de Cooperació de la Generalitat de Catalunya organized the international seminar “Business and Human Rights: Comparing Experiences” which incorporated the participation of national and international organizations, political representatives, academia, private companies, trade unions and civil society organizations.
The Northern Triangle of Central America as a PMSC Powerhouse

The Northern Triangle of Central America as a PMSC Powerhouse

Apr 20, 2017 | Impacts

Situated between drug producers in the Andean Ridge nations and their consumer clientele in North America, the geographic landscape and vast terrain of the Northern Triangle of Central America, a region composed of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, is a primary passageway for narcotics and weapons. The region’s dense jungles and rural, sparsely populated areas provide ocean or land-borne traffickers with sufficient cover and discretion, especially due to its alignment to roadways and trails leading north through Mexico (USMC 2012:2-3).