April PMF event at NYU
NYU’s Center for Law and Security is sponsoring a half-day seminar called “Privatizing Defense: Blackwater, Contractors, and American Security”. They will discuss “the outsourcing phenomenon and its ramifications for American institutions, the future of the military, and for the national security community.”
It’s free and open to the public. Details:
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008
Time: 1:45-5:45 p.m.
Location: Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street
They have a very good speaker list. (I just spoke to them about podcasting it and they assure me they will put the whole event up as a podcast about 2 weeks later. So, if attending is not possible, look for the podcast by late April.)
Another group at NYU focusing on this issue – The Project on Private Military and Security Companies. They have compiled a targeted bibliography.
