PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE INTRODUCTION OF HYBRID WARFARE

The article examines the process of legitimizing existing phenomena that have not yet acquired their official international legal status. The issue of the legitimacy of private military companies as a phenomenon currently undergoing the process of legitimization is being studied. Private military companies are the result of two processes: privatization, when private military companies assume security functions in order to solve problems previously inherent in the armed forces of states, and globalization, when, for example, a private military company defends the interests of Multinational corporations that do not have a clear state affiliation. Due to the fact that modern warfare is hybrid, and modern conflicts are more often asymmetric, respectively, it is difficult to oppose traditional military forces to them, and therefore the main actors of such military conflicts, which have the character of hybrid wars, such as private military companies, which today have an uncertain status in the international community, come out on top. public law. The author substantiates the conclusion that it is necessary to clearly define private military companies in international law and establish an international body that would establish unified rules and ensure control over their activities.

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