Private Security Scope in the Middle East
The use of private security services is growing as does the population in the countries that
comprise the middle east.
“The growth of the private security industry in the nations of the middle east is set to expand for the following reasons:
1) With the changing field of technology in electronic surveillance, it becomes cheaper and more cost-effective for private rather than public solutions to security issues.
2) Since the debacle of Blackwater in Iraq and the lack of regulations of engagement, today is there is a new doctrine, institutions, and training to govern the use of private security companies in a combat situation.”
It offers a large and growing opportunity for the private security industry as a whole. There is
new research that shows that
“effective institutions may lessen violent responses”,
which would assist the countries of the middle east in meeting social needs without a costly governmental response. Given the ability for security companies to meet the gap professionally, with advanced training internally, the use of new technology and practices would allow for social trust to be built. It has been shown that
“social trust shapes how a citizen thinks about territorial disputes, and influences public opinion favored by the public.”
For private security companies, there is a large opportunity if the bar of professional, non-biased, security management can be a new growth norm for middle eastern communities facing these growth factors in non-state actors’ attempts at violence and disruption of civil society. In short for the private security company willing to go above and beyond in training, equipment, technology, and use of force practices the potential for financial growth is huge.
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Sources
- “Security contractors in the middle east- first the Americans, now the Russians.
Thomas Bruneau, March 2018 - ” Keeping armed actors out-the protective effect of shares in Afghanistan “
Jori Breslawske Nov 2019 - “Social trust and public opinion about territorial disputes-evidence from a survey in India”
Florian Justwan and Sarah Fisher, October 2019
