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Privatization of security

 

The outsourcing of military services – developments range from support services (e.g. logistics, communications, technical support) and consultancy services (e.g. operational support, training, intelligence) to the provision of frontline combat capacities - has proliferated in the last decade. This change has raised a host of questions regarding the commodification of security as a public good and the role of the nation-state in its traditional role as provider of security for its citizens. This project examines the global rise of the private military and security industry, with particular attention to the issues of legitimacy and accountability.

Possible responses to the increased use of private companies to carry out military and security services are explored within this project. Particular attention is given to the regulatory measures that may be taken on the national, regional and international levels, also in collaboration with external bodies.

 

Publications

Policy Paper no. 9 by Caroline Holmqvist: 'Private Security Companies: The Case for Regulation'


Non-Military Tools in Crisis Management

Between 2001 and 2004 the Armed Conflict and Conflict Management project examined the significance of police in peace operations: how the role of policing in peace operations has evolved and how the UN and regional organisations (EU and the OSCE) have tried to respond to the demand for law and order after conflict. Research was supported by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign affairs and the Irish Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

In 2002, the SIPRI Research Report no. 16, Executive Policing: Enforcing the Law in Peace Operations was published. This is the first publication to address comprehensively the assumption of law enforcement authority by UN civilian police in a UN peace operation.

As part of this work, then Project Leader Renata Dwan also participated in the International Study Group on Europe’s Security Capabilities, convened by Javier Solana. The final report was launched in Barcelona in 2004.

Unpublished Papers

Dwan, Renata, 'Policing for Peace - Principles or Practice?', address to the Royal College of Defence Studies, London, 27 May 2004 (unpublished)

Power point slides accompanying the above address

Dwan, Renata, 'Capabilities in the Civilian Field', talk delivered as part of seminar entitled 'The European Union Security Strategy: Coherence and Capabilities', Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, 20 October 2003 (unpublished)

'Policing Europe: European Policing? - The challenge of coordination in international policing', SIPRI Workshop Report by Thomas Papworth and Sharon Wiharta. (Executive Summary)


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