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Humanitarian Principles, Private Military Agents: Implications of the Privatized Military Industry for the Humanitarian Community

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Abstract:
The article discusses the implications of a privatized military industry for the humanitarian community. A private demining team clears decades of minefields in Afghanistan. Meanwhile, in Iraq, a unit of corporate commandos escorts an engineering team as they fix local sewage facilities. It is said that humanitarian operations have undergone immense changes in recent decades.

Citation

Singer, Peter W., "Humanitarian Principles, Private Military Agents: Implications of the Privatized Military Industry for the Humanitarian Community" (2006). The Brown Journal of World Affairs. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/h7am-gj52

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  • The Brown Journal of World Affairs

    The Brown Journal of World Affairs is a semiannual journal of international relations and foreign policy produced at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. The Journal features original articles by and interviews with world leaders, policymakers, and …
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