Regulating the Private Military and Security Industry
A Quest to Maintain State Control and Preserve Public Values
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12187673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rain Liivoja (0000-0002-0226-0936, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1019-1028 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Leiden Journal of International Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0922-1565 • E-ISSN: 1478-9698 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0922156512000568 |
| OpenAlex | W2124381581 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
Since the late 1980s, governments have increasingly relied on the services of private military and security companies (PMSCs) in attaining their defence and foreign-policy objectives. States with advanced armed forces (notably the US and UK but also many others) have seen the outsourcing of various support functions, such as logistics or communications, as a way of cutting costs. Conversely, states with weak militaries (for example, Croatia at the time of the break-up of Yugoslavia and Angola during the civil war) have used PMSCs to boost their actual war-fighting capabilities. More recently, international organizations and non-governmental organizations have also turned to PMSCs, largely to ensure the safety of their humanitarian operations in zones of conflict
Business · Control (management · Economic policy · Economics · International trade · Management · National security · Outsourcing · Political science · State (computer science · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Military and Defense Studies · Public Administration · Marketing
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |