The Rise of the Private-Sector Military
私营军事公司的兴起
In era of shrinking armed forces, America turns to private firms to carry out foreign military aid.
在武装部队缩减的时代,美国转而求助私营公司履行军事援外工作。
[1]Washington--faced with more overseas commitments and fewer resources, the US is increasingly relying on private military companies to do some of its most difficult international jobs.
[2] These aren't the mercenaries who parachute into hot spots, guns blazing, for cold cash. But they're controversial nonetheless.
[3] Over the past 10 years, private military companies, or PMCs, have quietly taken a central role in the exporting of security, strategy, and training for foreign militaries.
[4] In the process, PMCs are raising questions about the privatization of foreign policy, and whether a profit-seeking company can be accountable with limited government oversight. Oftentimes the companies are training armies in turbulent areas. And, once granted an export license, they are minimally supervised.
[5] "The worry tends to have less to do with the people involved than it has to do with the policy in place," says Deborah Avant, a George Washington University expert who is writing a book on PMCs. "It's a tool for foreign policy in a less public way--and that is not a good thing in the long term."
[1]华盛顿--面对日益增多的海外义务和逐渐减少的资源,美国正越来越多地依靠私营军事公司来完成某些最困难的国际任务。
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