The Potential Use of PMSCs to Fulfill the EU's Security Strategy
The EU is facing a gap between its security ambitions and the reality of its military capabilities. It is often argued that the suitably regulated use of Private Military Companies and Private Security Companies (PMSCs) by international organisations would prove beneficial for cost savings and the r...
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Metropolitan University Prague
2011-11-01
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| description | The EU is facing a gap between its security ambitions and the reality of its military capabilities. It is often argued that the suitably regulated use of Private Military Companies and Private Security Companies (PMSCs) by international organisations would prove beneficial for cost savings and the removal of an organisation’s dependence on voluntary and poorly equipped contributions from Member States. This work provides a policy recommendation to the use of PMSCs both by Member states within the operational framework of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), and directly by EU’s bodies. Though PMSCs do not appear to have been deployed to any extent in large-scale EU operations, there will be pressure to use them as Member States’ armed forces contract while the EU’s security competence and activities expand. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1bd7b3b5da8b4517a21f30e06753f5452022-12-22T02:10:08ZengMetropolitan University PragueCentral European Journal of International & Security Studies1802-548X1805-482X2011-11-010503The Potential Use of PMSCs to Fulfill the EU's Security StrategyMarco MarilliThe EU is facing a gap between its security ambitions and the reality of its military capabilities. It is often argued that the suitably regulated use of Private Military Companies and Private Security Companies (PMSCs) by international organisations would prove beneficial for cost savings and the removal of an organisation’s dependence on voluntary and poorly equipped contributions from Member States. This work provides a policy recommendation to the use of PMSCs both by Member states within the operational framework of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP), and directly by EU’s bodies. Though PMSCs do not appear to have been deployed to any extent in large-scale EU operations, there will be pressure to use them as Member States’ armed forces contract while the EU’s security competence and activities expand.http://static.cejiss.org/data/uploaded/13835989368598/cejiss_5_3_marilli_0.pdfPrivate Security CompaniesPrivate Military CompaniesESDPpeace operationsEU operationsinternational organisations |
| spellingShingle | Marco Marilli The Potential Use of PMSCs to Fulfill the EU's Security Strategy Central European Journal of International & Security Studies Private Security Companies Private Military Companies ESDP peace operations EU operations international organisations |
| title | The Potential Use of PMSCs to Fulfill the EU's Security Strategy |
| title_full | The Potential Use of PMSCs to Fulfill the EU's Security Strategy |
| title_fullStr | The Potential Use of PMSCs to Fulfill the EU's Security Strategy |
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| title_short | The Potential Use of PMSCs to Fulfill the EU's Security Strategy |
| title_sort | potential use of pmscs to fulfill the eu s security strategy |
| topic | Private Security Companies Private Military Companies ESDP peace operations EU operations international organisations |
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