Hostile Business and the Sovereign State: Privatized Governance, State Security and International Law...

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Michael J. Strauss (Centre d’Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques, France)

Hostile Business and the Sovereign State

Privatized Governance, State Security and International Law

Michael J. Strauss (Centre d’Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques, France)

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English

Routledge
14 December 2018

International relations; International trade; Political economy; Private international law & conflict of laws; Company law

Series: Globalization: Law and Policy

"This book describes and assesses an emerging threat to states’ territorial control and sovereignty: the hostile control of companies that carry out privatized aspects of sovereign authority. The threat arises from the massive worldwide shift of state activities to the private sector since the late 1970s in conjunction with two other modern trends – the globalization of business and the liberalization of international capital flows. The work introduces three new concepts: firstly, the rise of companies that handle privatized activities, and the associated advent of ""post-government companies"" that make such activities their core business. Control of them may reside with individual investors, other companies or investment funds, or it may reside with other states through state-owned enterprises or sovereign wealth funds. Secondly, ""imperfect privatizations:"" when a state privatizes an activity to another state’s public sector. The book identifies cases where this is happening. It also elaborates on how ownership and influence of companies that perform privatized functions may not be transparent, and can pass to inherently hostile actors, including criminal or terrorist organizations. Thirdly, ""belligerent companies,"" whose conduct is hostile to those of states where they are active. The book concludes by assessing the adequacy of existing legal and regulatory regimes and how relevant norms may evolve."

By: Michael J. Strauss (Centre d’Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques France)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9781138296145
ISBN 10: 1138296147
Series: Globalization: Law and Policy
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 14 December 2018
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Introduction; 1. The Privatization of States; 2. Extremes of Privatization; 3. Companies for Privatized Activities; 4. Control over Territory; 5. Company Ownership and Control; 6. Tracking Control and Influence over Companies; 7. The State and Its Business Abroad; 8. A Divergence of Interests; 9. Opaque Company Behavior Toward States; 10. Companies in Defiance of States; 11. ""Imperfect Privatizations"" and Territorial Control; 12. Defending Against Hostile Companies; 13. Challenges to States’ Defensive Measures; 14. Challenges for International Law;"

"Michael J. Strauss is a professor of international relations and public international law at the Centre d’Etudes Diplomatiques et Stratégiques in Paris, and an instructor of international economic law at Université de Paris 5 (Paris Descartes). He has also been teaching annual international law courses as an invited professor at the Belarusian State University and International University ""MITSO"" in Minsk. Thanks to an earlier career as an awardwinning business and financial journalist, he brings new perspectives and insights to issues of territorial control."