Regulating Private Military Companies

Katerina Galai is a defence and security analyst at RAND Europe, a non-for-profit research institute, based in Cambridge, UK.

Introduction Introduction Conceptual framework Power and Legitimacy Identifying forms of governance Chapter Outline Chapter 1: Private Military Companies, a contemporary problem? Mercenaries, Contractors, Civilians Definition of Private Military Companies Challenges of the DefinitionsPMC ClassificationRegulation and accountability: who should be regulated and to what end?Regulation The Purpose of Regulation AccountabilityConclusion Chapter 2: Private forces in different forms of governance: historical typologies Feudalism and Absolutism Professional ArmiesItalian City-Republics and Civilian Militia Civilian Militia as a Norm Against Mercenaries The French Revolution and the Nation-StateLa Levée en Masse The British Empire and the EIC The EIC and its Accession to PowerThe Army of the EICWas the Army of the EIC Private or Public? Normative Approaches to Mercenaries Conclusion Chapter 3: Mercenaries of the Twentieth Century and State Responsibility The Rise of International Legal NormsNon-Intervention as an International Legal Norm Decolonisation and Proxy Warfare Decline of Non-Interventionism Mercenary Forces in the Congo and AngolaInternational Legal Response to the Use of Irregular ForcesAnti-Mercenary Norms The Nicaragua Case Conclusion Chapter 4: New Wars, Neoliberalism, and the Rise of PMCs New Wars and the Rise of PMCs Neoliberalism Accountability and State Control Governance and Governmentality Conclusion Chapter 5: Legal mechanisms and ch