The Rise of the Private Military and Security Industry

... influence as well as implement aspects of a country’s foreign policy. What is taking place is essentially the gradual privatization of war and foreign policy. One aspect of this process is the rise of a thriving private military and security ... ... growing presence and operations of non-state actors like multinational oil/gas companies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), as well as the resurfacing of inter- and intra-state tensions that had been curbed during the Cold War. Quite naturally,...