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In person icon Globalisation of Conflicts and the Privatisation of Security

Conflict
Globalisation
Government
Security
P131
Marc DeVore
University of St Andrews
Marc DeVore
University of St Andrews

In person icon Building: James Watt South, Floor: 3, Room: J361

Saturday 09:00 - 10:40 BST (06/09/2014)

Abstract

Scholars and policymakers have recognized the role of globalized markets and networks in stimulating intra-state conflicts, zones of lawlessness and maritime piracy as the preeminent security challenges of the present age. Within this context, papers of this panel focus, for example, on fragile areas, such as Yemen, Somalia or Sri Lanka. Yet also feedback effects are considered. For instance, Brazilian peacekeeping forces are brought back home to fight criminals. Does this lead to a militarization of public security? To shed light on some of these dynamics, this panel examines connections between conflicts in the developing world and the global networks and markets that sustain (or even produce them) them. In addition, the panel also examines some gaps of the debate on private military companies (PMC). After all, the rise of PMCs has been one of the most contentious developments of the post-Cold War era. Military power is provided by PMCs, which raise funds on capital markets and recruit manpower from a global market of military professionals. PMCs are increasingly pursuing contracts with resource-extracting corporations. Yet the use of PMCs by international organizations, such as the EU, has not been addressed. This panel closes this gap of the literature.

Title Details
Normative Power by Contract? The Privatisation of EU Crisis Management Operations View Paper Details
The Linkage of International and Internal Security – Brazilian Contributions to United Nations Peacekeeping Operations and their Effect on the Domestic Security Sector View Paper Details
Private Security Governance: Assessing the Conditions for Private Measures Fighting Somali Piracy View Paper Details
Restructuring Yemen’s Security Sector: Global Strategies of Containment, Local Power Dynamics View Paper Details
Sri Lanka's Tamil Network Dynamics: How to Explain the Rise of the LTTE? View Paper Details