Did you know that roughly one-half of the current forces in Iraq are employees of private security companies? Generally, when a state goes to war it is with its military. The last 15 years, however, have witnessed a rapid increase in private companies providing security services that used to be the military's job.

Please join Professor Avant for an examination of this shift toward privatizing security and its effect on the democratic processes surrounding U.S. foreign policy.

Avant is a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs and is Director of the School of Social Sciences' International Studies Program. Avant received her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, and has taught at the State University of New York's University at Albany and George Washington University. Her most recent book, The Market for Force, examines the privatization of security.

Dinner is $40 Per Lecture, or $140 for all four lectures.
All dinners will be held at 6pm in the University Club Library.
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