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NON-STATE ACTOR: DEFINING PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES [PDF]

open access: yesThe Strategic Review for Southern Africa, 2020
This article outlines several categories of Private Military Companies(PMCs) to distinguish between the different military services these organisations provide.
M. Fulloon
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Implications of private military companies on geopolitics and global security [PDF]

open access: yesPolitika nacionalne bezbednosti
Private military companies are part of a moderately developed private security sector, present worldwide and engaged in various jobs. Apart from participation in war conflicts, which are most often associated with them, the services offered by private ...
Lazarević Dajana
doaj   +2 more sources

The role of private armed forces in the traditional concepts of security [PDF]

open access: yesВојно дело, 2014
Seen from a historical point of view, security and defense have always been tasks mostly dealt with by state institutions (police, armed forces and intelligence services).
Vračević Nikola, Cvetković Vladimir
doaj   +1 more source

Liability of the Private Military Companies for Violations of International Humanitarian Law

open access: yesJournal of Law & Social Studies, 2022
In the wake of the privatization of war, new international players known as private military companies have been given the opportunity to actively engage in many armed conflicts throughout the world.
Muhammad Asif Khan   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Role of Chinese Private Military Companies in the Implementation of One Belt One Road Initiative

open access: yesRussian and Chinese Studies, 2022
The study used historical and geopolitical approaches to examine the dialectical relationship of the activities of private military companies and security firms in China in implementing global economic projects of the People’s Republic of China.
A. Shalak, Dmitry S. Tretyakov
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Revisiting the Legal Framework for Private Military and Security Contractors: Maritime Perspective

open access: yesGroningen Journal of International Law, 2020
The paper aims to analyse legal lacunas and suggest possible solutions for the acts and wrongdoings of Private Military and Security Companies within the lens of maritime activities. The paper has been divided into three parts.
Vijaya Singh Gautam, Vijay Mishra
doaj   +1 more source

Armies of War Without Uniforms: Mercenaries and Private Military Companies in Russia’s Interventions in Syria and Ukraine

open access: yesCumhuriyet Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, 2023
In the struggle for influence and power between states, states tend to use mercenaries and PMCs due to reasons such as the economic cost of the regular army, the negative reactions to be received from many actors in an official intervention in the target
Çağla Mavruk, Ali Gök
doaj   +1 more source

PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES AND THE “PRIVATIZATION” OF MILITARY CONFLICTS IN THE CONTEX OF THE DEMONOPOLIZATION OF THE STATE VIOLEN

open access: yesВісник Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна: Серія "Питання політології", 2021
The prerequisites for the emergence of private military companies and private security companies, the features of their functioning in the context of the demonopolization of state violence are considered.
Oleg Gaiko
doaj   +1 more source

Private military and security companies, territoriality and the transformation of western security governance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The field of security governance holds a special place within the context of the debate over the diffusion of power from state to non-state actors, from national to international authorities and from governments to markets in Western democracies.
Elke Krahmann, Krahmann, E
core   +1 more source

Regulation of Private Military Companies

open access: yesGöttingen Journal of International Law, 2011
The increasing use of private military companies by states in armed conflict raises questions regarding the regulation of those non-state actors. However, even though the privatization of core state functions might be an emerging phenomenon with respect
Alexander Kees
doaj   +1 more source

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