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About the AuthorIan Wing is a Visiting Military Fellow at the Land Warfare Studies Centre and a SeniorVisiting Fellow at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of NewSouth Wales, at the Australian Defence Force Academy. He has held previous academicappointments as an Associate Professor at Charles Sturt University and an AdjunctProfessor at Macquarie University. He has over twenty years’ experience in intelligence,security and counter-terrorism within the military, national security, private enterpriseand academic sectors. His service with the Australian Regular Army included postingswith the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, the United States (US) Armyand the Special Air Service Regiment. He deployed operationally to Timor-Leste andIraq, and was awarded the US Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in combat. Heserved eight years in strategic intelligence with the Defence Intelligence Organisationand seven consecutive terms as the President of Australia’s Intelligence Institute. Heis a graduate of the Royal Military College, Australian Command and Staff College, theAustralian Defence Force Academy and the University of New South Wales. His careerhas included work in the security industry and he has extensive experience working inAustralia and overseas with personnel from private military companies (PMC). Whileon active service in Timor-Leste and Iraq, he served alongside PMC personnel andcoordinated the operations of national armed forces and PMC.AcknowledgmentsThe author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Lieutenant Colonel MalcolmMcGregor, Director of LWSC; Mr Christopher Dawkins of the Australian Defence ForceAcademy Library; Cathy McCullagh, for her editing assistance; several military andacademic colleagues who provided peer reviews; and an anonymous academic peerreviewer.