Traditional close protection models for high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) focus overwhelmingly on proximate physical threats—kidnapping, assault, and residential security. This paper argues that such models are fundamentally incomplete, failing to address the most significant contemporary threats to elite security: jurisdictional vulnerability, political volatility, and systemic financial exposure. Through an interdisciplinary analysis drawing from political science, securit

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