STATE SECURITY AGENT: A STUDY ON THE INTERACTION BETWEEN STATE SOVEREIGNTY AND PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANIES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SECURITY DISEMBEDDING DURING THE POST-COLD WAR: BASED ON THE COMPARISON OF MYANMAR, CAMBODIA

This article 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 the 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 strengthen cooperation with PSC. After a solid political authority was built, Cambodia began to reduce cooperation with the 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.