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.

Table of ContentsIntroduction IntroductionConceptual frameworkPower and LegitimacyIdentifying forms of governanceChapter OutlineChapter 1: Private Military Companies, a contemporary problem?Mercenaries, Contractors, CiviliansDefinition of Private Military CompaniesChallenges of the DefinitionsPMC ClassificationRegulation and accountability: who should be regulated and to what end?RegulationThe Purpose of RegulationAccountabilityConclusionChapter 2: Private forces in different forms of governance: historical typologiesFeudalism and AbsolutismProfessional ArmiesItalian City-Republics and Civilian MilitiaCivilian Militia as a Norm Against MercenariesThe French Revolution and the Nation-StateLa Levée en MasseThe British Empire and the EICThe EIC and its Accession to PowerThe Army of the EICWas the Army of the EIC Private or Public?Normative Approaches to MercenariesConclusionChapter 3: Mercenaries of the Twentieth Century and State ResponsibilityThe Rise of International Legal NormsNon-Intervention as an International Legal NormDecolonisation and Proxy WarfareDecline of Non-InterventionismMercenary Forces in the Congo and AngolaInternational Legal Response to the Use of Irregular ForcesAnti-Mercenary NormsThe Nicaragua CaseConclusionChapter 4: New Wars, Neoliberalism, and the Rise of PMCsNew Wars and the Rise of PMCsNeoliberalismAccountability and State ControlGovernance and GovernmentalityConclusionChapter 5: Legal mechanisms and ch