State Security Agent

This chapter attempts to explore the interaction between national sovereignty and private security companies, taking Myanmar and Cambodia as examples. After the end of the cold war, some countries are still in the process of State-building. To ensure domestic and international security, the authorities decided to take their security off the border and entrust it to PSC. Among them, the adaptability of shared security sovereignty and the demand for security interests jointly determine the practice of shared security sovereignty of the state over PSC. During the military government period, Myanmar faced significant international pressure, but maintained a certain degree of national stability. the state and PSC had an unstable alliance relationship. After the democratization process began, overall international pressure weakened, and the two parties tended to be stable alliances or potential alliances. As for Cambodia, the lack of national capacity has led it to actively accept international norms and to strengthen cooperation with PSC. After a solid political authority was build, Cambodia began to reduce cooperation with PSC. Whether it is Myanmar or Cambodia, it has been shown that the disembedding of security is a last resort for transitional countries whose state construction has not yet been completed. Once a solid-state authority is established and it meets the needs of international norms, the state will often monopolize security supply. It does not allow private security companies to share security sovereignty.