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Middle East & North Africa / Op-Ed/Article

Mercenaries, "Premodern" Soldiers

10/10/2007 By Mariano Aguirre Ernst

The scandal surrounding the Blackwater private security firm in Iraq shows that the delegation of state powers to profit-making non-state actors has many dangers. First, international and national law is undermined, as is the case of the US occupation of Iraq. On the other hand, the basic principle of state authority, that of a monopoly on the use of force, is threatened.

Article published in La Vanguardia, 9 de Octubre 2007


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Conflict Iraq Middle East Security Violence

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Bio author: Mariano Aguirre Ernst

Mariano Aguirre has been Director of the Centro de Investigación para la Paz, in Madrid, and Coordinator of programmes on peace and conflicts at the Ford Foundation, in New York. Mariano Aguirre publishes articles in various media in Spain and internationally such as OpenDemocracy, Le monde diplomatique, El Correo, La Vanguardia, Maniere de voir, AlertNet, Enjeux Internationaux, Temas, El País, Política Exterior, Debate, BBC World Service, Radio Netherland, Radio Nacional de España, Radio France International, Mediterranean Politics and CNN Spain.