Regulating PMSCs

Fifth episode is now posted. This one is longer that I would have liked, coming in a 12 minutes, but it was hard to decide what to leave out. This is a high level view of some of the major initiatives governing the use of private military and security companies. It includes an introduction to the Montreux Document, the Work of the UN Working Group on Mercenaries, the Quality Assurance Management Standards developed by the Defense Department, and the International Code of Conduct with its Association. It concludes by mentioning the new resolution by the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe. These initiatives will lay the groundwork for identifying the real threat Russian combat provider organizations present and methods and means in developing a strategy for containing that threat. Over the next few days I will make posts here expanding on the information in this new podcast. I can only cover so much in 12 minutes.