Pros And Cons Research Paper

The name mercenary defines someone who is hired to participate in an armed conflict but is not part of a regular army or other governmental military force. Mercenaries fight for money or other recompense rather than for political interests. In the last century, mercenaries have increasingly come to be seen as less entitled to protections by rules of war than non-mercenaries. Until recently, these categories who sold military services for money were called mercenaries. Now, they are called Private Military Service Companies (PMSCs), they have both advantages and disadvantages. In this research paper, South Sudan will be used as an example. The PMSCs who are operating in South Sudan are the constant topic of a largely unspoken and misleading …show more content…
The international community’s approach to SSR in South Sudan, which ignores PMSC activity, as if they are similar to temporary miscreant actors, they are misguided. As long as the GoSS and the state governments within the country are unable to provide physical security, people will seek out private solutions.
Furthermore, the private sector can be a significant source of alternative employment for demobilized soldiers and ex-combatants in a country emerging from decades of civil war. Encouraging the proliferation of PMSCs in South Sudan, would be equally dangerous. If PMSCs are going to make a positive impact on the lives of the South Sudanese, their activity has to be restricted to the tasks that reinforce the capacities of the state. A potential solution then is to revise the South Sudan SSR process with an eye toward creating a hybrid public and private model, with the international community taking the lead in constructing a regulatory framework for PMSC activity in accordance with international standards. Rather than being a shadow security service that only the wealthy access. PMSCs would be integrated into government services so that South Sudan may escape many of the