Australia, International Security and the Outsourcing of State Violence

Natalie McLean is a Research Fellow at the Sir Lawrence Wackett Centre for Defence at RMIT University and has extensive experience within Defence and Strategic Studies sectors. She has authored and co-authored a number of peer-reviewed academic journal articles spanning security studies and privatized military studies. Natalie researches at the nexus of issues concerning civil-military relations and international security.

• Chapter One: Introduction.- Chapter Two: The State, Violence, and the Evolution of Warfare.- Chapter Three: The Privatization of Security.- Chapter Four: The Outsourcing of Security and PMSCS in Australia.- Chapter Five: The Australian Private Military and Security Industry.- Chapter Six: Challenges To Australia’s Control over Its Use of Force.- Chapter Seven: Conclusion and Future Directions.