Tag Archives for privatization
More on Dadkhah
Turns out, Lara M. Dadkhah is employed by Booz Allen. Via Hillman Foundation- We found Ms. Dadkhah from work she did in Small Wars Journal, work that was part of her Ph.D. dissertation at Georgetown. Ms. Dadkhah only recently took … Continue reading
Private Fire Departments
This article would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. Look, if you want to do this, privatize core local government services, you can’t force people to pay for the privileged of not utilizing these services (taxes), then charge them … Continue reading
Idea: Criminal-Processing Corporate Micro-States
Here‘s a 2007 post brought back to life on how to solve Gitmo (making it cheaper, more useful, and ideally less ‘politiked’). Note, this was put together back when I was briefing academic audiences and private military corporations on the … Continue reading
Private Intelligence Collectors
Portfolio has the story. It’s a pretty fun read, nice overview, snippets from the key players. From New York and London to Moscow and Beijing, today’s corporations are venturing into a netherworld populated by former agents who have been schooled … Continue reading
Corporate Detainee Processing Microstate (Gitmo.)
Coming Anarchy: While a dangerously stupid policy of rewards led many to turn in tribal enemies to the Americans as “terrorists,” the controversy masks a more important reality, what to do with those from country A, caught fighting in country … Continue reading