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Private Military Companies and International Security


Private Military Companies and International Security

In cases where 'weak' or 'failing' client states have hired the services of PMC forces with military capabilities in quantitative and ...

The influence of private military companies on global security

Private Military Companies (PMCs) – organisations with military and security personnel – offer a range of military, paramilitary and security services to ...

The Business of War – Growing risks from Private Military Companies

This ART paper does not cover the soft end of the private security industry, for which many states around the world have introduced or adapted ...

PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANIES - International Efforts - OUSD(A&S)

Working with other U.S. Government agencies, the Department of Defense supports international efforts for regulation and oversight of PSCs.

The Impact of Private Military Companies on the Protection of Civilians

In many conflict-affected environments today, private companies are assuming roles traditionally reserved for national armed forces: going beyond physical ...

Mercenaries and War: Understanding Private Armies Today

Private military companies such as the Wagner Group are more like heavily armed multinational corporations than the Marine Corps. Their ...

Private military and security companies | ICRC

The involvement of these companies in or close to military operations has raised questions about the way international humanitarian law (IHL) should be applied.

The future of private military companies - GIS Reports

The U.S. has also been a pioneer of private military companies in the new millennium. Erik Prince's Blackwater (now Academi), Triple Canopy, ...

Private military and security companies (PMSCs)

Private military security companies are private business entities that provide military and/or security services, irrespective of how they describe themselves.

MERCENARISM AND PRIVATE MILITARY AND SECURITY ... - ohchr

With the findings from the global study, the experts highlighted the need for international regulation of private military and security companies in view of ...

4. Private military and security companies in armed conflict - SIPRI

Today, PMSCs operate in almost every country in the world, for a broad variety of clients, assuming responsibilities for critical state and security functions.

Mercenaries, Private Military Contractors Can Destabilize Rule of ...

Mokbil responded that private military and security companies, like mercenaries, can threaten the enjoyment of human rights, as some of their ...

A Stealth Industry: The Quiet Expansion of Chinese Private Security ...

More recently, private military and security companies have operated on behalf of modern governments to achieve objectives abroad, including to ...

Private military company - Wikipedia

A private military company (PMC) or private military and security company (PMSC) is a private company providing armed combat or security services for ...

Private Military & Security Companies - USAWC Press

2 (2010): 230-265; David. Isenberg, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq (Westport: Praeger Security International,. 2009). 7 Christopher Kinsey ...

Private Military and Security Companies Are A Homegrown Threat

What really are private military and security companies (PMSCs)? In the most basic terms, a PMSC is a for-profit entity that provides military ...

The Awakening Of Private Military Companies | Warsaw Institute

Private military companies, or PMCs, are independent businesses that trade an array of services pertaining to war and conflict, closely linked ...

The Power to Construct International Security: On the Significance of ...

How significant are private military companies (PMCs)? How do they influence our understanding of security? This article from Millennium: Journal of ...

Advancing private security studies: introduction to the special issue

Up until the launching of a global war on terrorism in 2001, public awareness of private military contractors and the role they play in warfare ...

Private Military and Security Companies and The Militarization of ...

The widespread use of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in United Nations peacebuilding missions often undermines the effectiveness of these ...