CIAO DATE: 04/2011
March 2011
Danish Institute for International Studies
Military capacity is under pressure. It is increasingly restrained by financial restrictions, budget cuts and declining birth rates while at the same time the number of conflicts and demand for security are rising. Private military companies take over some of the burden, relieving soldiers from some of the tasks. For that reason the industry of private military and private military security is booming.
Resource link: Private Military Companies in Counter-insurgency Strategy [PDF] - 124K