Privatização da segurança militar: um estudo exploratório da ascensão das empresas militares privadas durante a Guerra ao Terror

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the emergence of Private Military Enterprises (EMP) in the context of the War on Terror, which provided the rise of the privatization of military or paramilitary exercises. The War on Terror, waged by the United States as a counterpart to the September 11, 2001 attacks, has resulted in a paradigm shift in International Security, making counterterrorism one of the main security agendas between states and other international actors. This study aims to identify the main elements of Private Military Enterprises and their rapid growth during the war against terrorism, and the participation of EMP Blackwater on the occasion of the Second Gulf War. Finally, a brief presentation of International Humanitarian Law and the Responsibility to Protect was necessary for the following study, given the unfolding of the vast use of private manpower in conflict situations, in the post-9/11 context.