41: Deborah Avant – Security in the Global Marketplace
Deborah Avant joins us to talk about private military companies, the role of academia in responding to global crises and where to for security studies from here.
In this conversation, we reflect on the role of private military companies and the aftermath of the Iraq War. challenges and opportunities in security studies, the role of academia in addressing global crises, the importance of questioning conventional wisdom, and much more.
Deborah’s official profile can be found here.
We discussed:
The Market for Force: The Consequences of Privatizing Security, 2005.
Who Governs the Globe (with M. Finnemore and S. Sell), 2010.
40: Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im – Decolonising Human Rights
