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Privatizing and internationalizing violence

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  • Herbert Wulf

    (BICC, Bonn)

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Privatization of violence and international interventions to stop wars are two recent trends in wars. Both affect how the traditional state monopoly of force is exercised and on how armed forces operate. The concept of state monopoly of force is now questioned since the execution of force is increasingly delegated to armed non-state actors. Nationally organized armed forces are outdated, given the new international tasks. Since the role of the nation-state in security has changed so fundamentally, it is argued that changes in three political and legal fields are necessary: private military companies need to be regulated; the democratic deficit in international bodies which decide on international intervention needs to be overcome; and the monopoly of force needs to be re-conceptualized.

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  • Herbert Wulf, 2007. "Privatizing and internationalizing violence," Economics of Peace and Security Journal, EPS Publishing, vol. 2(1), pages 35-40, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:epc:journl:v:2:y:2006:i:1:p:35-40
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    Keywords

    Privatization; internationalization; violence; companies;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
    • H56 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - National Security and War
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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