Privatizing War The Past or Future of Armed Conflicts?

Hendrik Simon und Sarah Katharina Stein | 2025

The modern state has a monopoly on the use of force. Nevertheless, private actors have been increasingly deployed in armed conflicts since the 1990s. How can this be? And what does international law say about it? Hendrik Simon discusses this with Sarah Katharina Stein, author of Der privatisierte Krieg (Mohr Siebeck 2024).

Date: 16.12.2025
Language: English
Publication Type: Blog post
Discipline: Political Science (opens in new window), Law (opens in new window)
Keywords: Democracy (opens in new window), Conflict (opens in new window)
Audience: Interested citizens (opens in new window), Scientists (opens in new window)
Sources: Simon, Hendrik and Sarah Katharina Stein. 2025. Privatizing War The Past or Future of Armed Conflicts? In: Völkerrechtsblog. https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/de/privatizing-war/
Open Access: Available
Additional Links: To the publication (external link)

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Dr. Hendrik Simon

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Polarization and Political Legitimacy

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