Evaluation of private military companies in terms of control mechanism: Wagner and Blackwater cases

Security is one of the basic needs that has existed since the existence of humanity and is at the first level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The perception of security, which is the most basic need of societies and states as well as individuals, has evolved to a different dimension over time due to structural changes that occur in wars and conflicts, as well as changes in the perception of threat. Security, which has traditionally been the monopoly of the state, has received its share from the privatization movement, which has become a new phenomenon with the influence of globalization. As a result, the proliferation of private military companies has become inevitable. The main purpose of this study is to touch upon the historical process of privatization of security by discussing the concepts of mercenary service and private military company, and to analyze the differences between the two concepts, address the legal regulations in the USA and Russia at the national level, by including the international legal framework and existing laws in terms of the auditability of private military companies actively operating in many regions of the world. In addition, the aims of the study are to analyze Wagner and Blackwater in terms of auditability, by touching on issues such as the development of Wagner and Blackwater, the leading private military companies of these two countries, their areas of activity, their effects on the countries, and to reveal the differences by comparing the two companies in general terms.