Center for Security Studies

No. 6: The Role of the Private Sector in Security Policy

No. 6: The Role of the Private Sector in Security Policy

Author(s): Daniel Möckli
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 6
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2007

Private security and military companies are increasingly offering services that were previously provided by states. At the same time, the business sector has been progressively integrated through public-private partnerships into the collective management of security policy challenges, such as critical infrastructure protection or conflict prevention. While the trend towards dissolving the state monopoly on force raises some sensitive questions, stronger integration of the private sector in security policy is a promising approach worth developing further.

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