The Blackwater case came to a close this week with sentences for four of its former guards. What is the status on measures of accountability for private military contractors today?
The global arms race is booming in the Middle East, and no country has been a bigger buyer in recent years than the United Arab Emirates.
The Obama administration continues to award contracts to the private military contractor Blackwater/Xe, despite its seriously troubled history.
Paul Kagame is on track to win a second term as Rwanda’s president. But he is increasingly isolated, both domestically and internationally.