This segment of PrivateMilitary.org catalogs institutions and organizations of relevance for the empirical and normative assessment of the Private Military Company and the Private Security Company (PMC & PSC), the environments in which they operate, and the sanctioning parameters governing their operations:

• International Organizations (IOs), such as the UN and its humanitarian missions, and Regional Organizations (ROs), which guide the formulation of security and development policies for their member states in Africa, Asia and the Middle East, the Americas, and Europe.

• Government Agencies dealing with private military and security issues in the US, the UK, South Africa, Iraq and other countries, and Non-governmental (NGOs) and Humanitarian Organizations debating the dangers and/or potential benefits engendered by the privatization of security, defense, and peacekeeping. Moreover, find Research Centers and Think-Tanks that advise, lobby, and criticize governments about their outsourcing and contracting-out goals, imperatives, and strategies.

• Security Industry Associations: representing and establishing self-regulatory parameters for their membership, and Maritime Organizations and Associations: playing leading roles in the fight against piracy and counteracting the growing threat posed by terrorism in international ports and waters.