US military logistics outsourcing and the everywhere of war

Moore, Adam

doi:10.1080/21622671.2016.1160837

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“…More recently, in most developed market economies, the private military services industry has been on the rise due to the increasing commercialization and gradual privatization of state-owned enterprises engaged in the production, transportation, maintenance and management of weapons and military equipment, or the commercialization and privatization of organizations that previously performed a wider range of logistical functions within the military or the Ministry of Defense (Moore, 2017). The increase in the number of military outsourcing companies is explained by the effect of the post-Cold War restructuring of the armed forces in the late 20th century, which later expanded significantly by using private contractors to supply military services that concentrated and specialized the knowledge and capabilities of discharged defense personnel.…”

Section: The Impact Of Business Logistics On Military Logisticsmentioning

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A role, significance and approaches for studying logistics

Milenkov¹,

Sokolović²,

Milovanović³

et al. 2020

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Introduction/purpose:The paper presents the development of logistics as a specific field of military branch, a contemporary field of business and a scientific discipline which inspires many researchers, theorists and practitioners to approach logistical problems from various aspects. The essence of logistics is an integrated approach to all its constituent activities, which reduces costs and increases the efficiency and effectiveness of the logistics system in supporting the primary activities of an organization or a technical system. Due to intensive and multidimensional development of logistics and its applications in various fields, the need for highly educated logistics personnel with specialized knowledge for performing a wide range of activities in the logistics system is becoming increasingly necessary. Methods: Based on the description of military, business, national and humanitarian logistics and a comparative analysis, their mutual relationship is shown. Results: Based on the performed analysis, an explanation of the importance of studying logistics as a multidisciplinary science and pointing out the need for specific training of logistics personnel was given. Conclusion: Logistics is intensively developing in various fields depending on the goals of the system (organizational and technical) it supports. In general, commercial logistics is evolving faster than military logistics, and many innovative commercial logistics solutions are being deployed in 80

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Section: The Impact Of Business Logistics On Military Logisticsmentioning

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A role, significance and approaches for studying logistics

Milenkov¹,

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Milovanović³

et al. 2020

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“…Moreover, challenging the mainstream construction of business logistics as a technical applied science, others have traced the roots of business logistics within the field of military logistics (Chung ), noting that the “military art of moving soldiers and supplies to the front” has become a “business science” that animates all aspects of war‐making (Cowen :4). Although forged in earlier military contexts, the US‐led War on Terror, increased the centrality of privatised logistics to modern warfare (Abrahamsen and Leander ; Moore ). Logistics corporations developed into significant components of military missions, often contracted to move supplies and take on feeding and housing troops.…”

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“…Al Futtaim, owned by a leading UAE domestic capital group, advertises its credential as “prime contractors to NATO forces in conflict zones” (Al‐Futtaim Logistics ). Dubai‐based logistics firms have also been key to the provision of logistical labour to the US military, with Moore (:11) noting that such firms “tapped recruiting brokers and agencies in countries like India, the Philippines, Nepal, and Sri Lanka to amass the pool of labourers needed to fulfil their [the US’] growing contractual obligations in Iraq”. This specialisation in the recruitment of logistical labour maps neatly onto the UAE's long‐established labour regime—a highly hierarchical, ethnoracial labour regime in which trade unions and public protests are banned…”

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Circulating Power: Humanitarian Logistics, Militarism, and the United Arab Emirates

Ziadah

2019

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While critical authors have interrogated the roots of business logistics, this paper extends the analysis and contributes to a larger critique of the cohering field of Humanitarian Logistics (HL), noting the overlap in the logistical cartographies of militarism and humanitarianism. The focus is on the UAE's expanding logistics space into the Horn of Africa and the production of specialised HL zones like Dubai International Humanitarian City (DIHC). The article makes three core arguments. First, a logistics lens enables us to expand the study of aid beyond immediate conflict zones, into more distant spaces often constructed as "stable". Second, the placement of logistics at the core of aid delivery has been a key mechanism for inserting market imperatives into humanitarian activities. Third, this gives countries outside the advanced core, such as the UAE, power to leverage and expand their logistics space for multiple purposes, in war making, aid, and commercial activities.

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“…In the language of the real estate corporation, logistics contributes to “structuring the territory” (Cushman & Wakefield, ). It did so when it was conceived as a military function, as forces had to be moved, supplied and re‐organized across space and time (Moore, ; Yoho, Rietjens, & Tatham, ). And it did so, likewise, as a technology of imperialism, when logistics permitted the exploration and exploitation of foreign countries as colonies, for the purpose of resource extraction, supply of cheap labor, or in the context of geopolitical strategies (Williams , quoted after Cowen, , p. 8).…”

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Logistics: Situating flows in a spatial context

Heße

2020

Geography Compass

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The origins of logistics lie in military and imperial methods of expansion and control of geographical space. It is principally associated with the more recent contexts of business management and engineering. Logistics systems are now the conveyor belts of the global system of trade, commerce and production, and its associated techniques and strategies aim at optimizing flows and throughput within discrete units (such as firms), in economic networks and across geographical space. Because flows are important determinants for the development of places, logistics has the power to structure territories. Therefore, it has raised considerable interest in the field of geography, not only with regard to cities and their dense agglomeration of people, buildings, and infrastructure but also in geopolitical terms as it fosters the exploration, control, and surveillance of areas. The paper presents a critical account of logistics operations and their relevance for the making (and unmaking) of territories, related policy dimensions, and future challenges for research.

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US military logistics outsourcing and the everywhere of war

Cited by 21 publications

References 52 publications

A role, significance and approaches for studying logistics

A role, significance and approaches for studying logistics

Circulating Power: Humanitarian Logistics, Militarism, and the United Arab Emirates

Logistics: Situating flows in a spatial context

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