ABSTRACT
It was further attempted to look at the implications of military privatization with
respect to its military, economic and political dimensions and what it could all
mean for international security. The main theme of the book was the influence of
technology on the organization of the armed forces, their mode of operation and
on security relationships more generally. It was argued that technology is a driving
factor in the current process of military privatization because growing technological
complexity exceeds the military’s capability of managing it, especially in times of
rapid technological change and times of diminishing internal resources. This current
tendency of a privatization of military activities is not unprecedented in military
history. For example, there are certainly many similarities between the present
situation and the military revolution that occurred in the late Middle Ages (Avant
2001). However, the present situation is also unique in the sense that military
privatization happens parallel to an overall process of economic globalization.
