Research into private military companies for national and international policies

Private military companies are a common phenomenon in today's war areas, and have increased their effectiveness with the disintegration of the armies and the global privatization wave in the post-Cold War period. Those incorporations serve for the various public and private customers in a wide security arena and become increasingly widespread. The main purpose of this thesis is to investigate the privatization of security in the Post-Cold War Era and the Private military companies, the principal actors of this privatization. In addition, private military companies emerge as a special power used by the states and private sector in the new security concept. In the study, which discuss the reasons of this power, its classification, the factors affecting its development and its activities on a global scale, the responsibilities of the states in the use of private military companies, as well as their regulations in the field of national and international politics were also discussed. The scope of the study was limited to private military companies. Literature review was used as the method of the study, and in this context, mostly domestic and foreign books and articles were examined. Considering these issues, it is seen that private military companies have become a variable that should be evaluated in international security analysis. Key words: Executive Outcomes, Mercenaries, MPRI, Private Military Companies.