March/April

From the Editor
The Disease of Narcoterrorism

Features

Chinese soldiers feed stranded people in a domestic relief operation.

Partnership Against Heroin
Contractors help the U.S. combat narcoterrorists in Afghanistan

Beyond Government Accountability
A challenging look at U.N. Peacekeepers

Good News! PSCs and NGOs Get Along… Sometimes
Mutual tolerance may be the best outcome in the relationship between PSCs and NGOs

Cost Efficiency
How can we tell if it’s cheaper or costlier to outsource?

Special Report
Activity-Based Costing (ABC): A Defense Department approach

Departments

A young child from a poverty-stricken squatter settlement is comforted by a community caregiver during a party held for AIDS orphans in Muldersdrift, north of Johannesburg.

Innovation
Local low-tech watercraft evolution

In the News
MTV joins USAID in the fight against human trafficking in Asia

Industry Heritage
The contract flyers of World War I

Culture of Influence
A comprehensive approach to information operations

In My Opinion
A grateful family thanks a PSC for an African rescue

Think Tank
A Boston university professor confronts the genocide in Darfur

New Products
The latest gear and where to get it

The Last Word
U.S. reliance on private security firms in overseas operations