RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Vanda Felbab-Brown, September 10, 2008, Federal News Radio
Vanda Felbab-Brown joined Federal News Radio to discuss the use of private military contractors in Afganistan. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, June 05, 2008, Forbes
Peter W. Singer writes about the increased reliance on and the weaknesses of private military contractors. He believes that the U.S. military needs to re-assess which jobs are appropriate to outsource and which are not as well as increase regulation in the contractor market. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, May 12, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Peter Singer writes that the Pentagon is now seeking to hire contractors that will train and advise Iraq's army. He believes this task, determined as "essential to our successful war effort," should not be outsourced and that the military should learn from contracting mistakes of the past. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, December 14, 2007, Wired.com
Peter Singer discusses a lawsuit against Blackwater USA that claims employees in the field have used steroids and other "judgment-altering substances." Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, October 08, 2007, Washington Post Online
Peter Singer answers readers' questions online regarding his Washington Post article listing the myriad ways he sees military outsourcing hampering U.S. efforts in Iraq. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, October 07, 2007, The Washington Post
Peter Singer advises Defense Secretary Gates that, "on balance, for all the important jobs that contractors are doing, Blackwater and its kin have harmed, rather than helped, our troops' counterinsurgency efforts." Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, October 03, 2007, Wired
Peter Singer discusses his perceptions of the October 2 Congressional hearings on private security contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, October 02, 2007, Salon.com
Outsourcing the war to private military contractors such as Blackwater has shattered the United States' moral authority and its ability to win wars like that in Iraq. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, October 01, 2007, Foreign Policy Web Exclusive
Peter Singer discusses why he believes the Blackwater Scandal won’t prompt the U.S. to stop outsourcing their wars. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, September 30, 2007, Harper's Magazine
Peter W. Singer discusses private security contractors in Iraq, concluding that they are actually undermining the American military’s achievement of its declared objectives in a counterinsurgency operation in Iraq. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, September 27, 2007, The Brookings Institution
Peter W. Singer says that the use of private military contractors appears to have harmed, rather than helped, the counterinsurgency efforts of the U.S. mission in Iraq. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, September 17, 2007, Wired Blog Network
Peter W. Singer argues that “when it comes to military outsourcing: We dealt these cards to ourselves.” Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, January 12, 2007, The Brookings Institution
Question and Answer by Peter W. Singer (1/12/07) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, January 04, 2007, DefenseTech
Article by Peter W. Singer, DefenseTech (1/4/07) Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Peter W. Singer, February 01, 2006, Resetting the Rules of Engagement: Trends and Issues in Military–Humanitarian Relations
Article by Peter W. Singer, from Victoria Wheeler and Adele Harmer (eds), Resetting the Rules of Engagement: Trends andIssues in Military?Humanitarian Relations, HPG Report 22 (February 2006) Read More