Supporting Corporate Business in the Current World Climate

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Supporting Corporate Business
Dr Christopher Kinsey Defence Studies Department
Kings College London
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Supporting Corporate Business in the Current
World Climate

• Themes
• PSCs are not new to the corporate world
• The relationship between PSCs and the corporate
  world is the result of insecurity in the
  international system

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Presentation Structure

• Definitions
• An historical overview
• The Cold War
• Post Cold War
• 9/11 and Iraq
• New Markets

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Supporting Corporate Business in the Current
World Climate

• PMC Executive Outcomes
• Participate in or provide support for government
  military operations, including tactical advice
  for ground commanders. Can have a strategic
  impact on the military environment influencing
  military strategy and therefore able to impact at
  the grand strategy level.
• PSC ArmorGroup/Aegis
• Provide a defence capability, normally armed,
  but not always. Their role is to protect people,
  places and assets from criminal conduct and
  unlawful violence not associated with combat
  operations, but may take place in a combat zone.
  

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Supporting Corporate Business in the Current
World Climate
Historical Overview Yemen Watchguard Military
survey and advice Protection for foreign heads of
state Training Special Forces
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Supporting Corporate Business in the Current
World Climate

• Changes to the international system during the
  Cold War
• Expansion of Global Capital
• International Terrorism

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Supporting Corporate Business in the Current
World Climate

• Post-Cold War and globalisation
• New era of risk complexity
• Post-Cold and the development and security arena
• New era in risk reduction

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Supporting Corporate Business in the Current
World Climate

• 9/11
• Demand for private security soars
• Iraq
• An Industry matures

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Supporting Corporate Business in the Current
World Climate

• New Markets
• Security Sector Reform
• Stabilisation Post-Conflict Reconstruction
• Humanitarian and Development Assistance
• Intelligence Provision

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Supporting Corporate Business in the Current
World Climate

• Conclusion
• PSC - a history rooted in the Cold War
• PSCs are a consequence of the instability
  inherent in the international system which
  corporations must take into account