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Supporting Corporate Business

Supporting Corporate Business . Dr Christopher Kinsey Defence Studies Department King’s College London. Supporting Corporate Business in the Current World Climate. Themes PSCs are not new to the corporate world

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Supporting Corporate Business

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  1. Supporting Corporate Business Dr Christopher Kinsey Defence Studies Department King’s College London

  2. 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

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

  4. 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.

  5. 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

  6. Supporting Corporate Business in the Current World Climate • Changes to the international system during the Cold War • Expansion of Global Capital • International Terrorism

  7. 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

  8. Supporting Corporate Business in the Current World Climate • 9/11 • Demand for private security soars • Iraq • An Industry matures

  9. Supporting Corporate Business in the Current World Climate • New Markets • Security Sector Reform • Stabilisation & Post-Conflict Reconstruction • Humanitarian and Development Assistance • Intelligence Provision

  10. 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

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