The company has undergone a series of rebranding efforts over the years as an apparent means of distancing itself from overtly toxic connotations. Prince’s Financial Times bio discreetly identifies him as simply “a former US Navy SEAL and executive chairman of Frontier Services Group,” a Hong Kong-headquartered entity. According to its website, FSG offers “security […]
The U.S. State Department warns U.S. citizens against travel to the Republic of South Sudan because of ongoing fighting, intercommunal violence, and violent crime. The Department of State has terminated Ordered Departure status for Embassy Juba, and simultaneously adjusted its staffing profile to reflect new conditions on the ground. This replaces the Travel Warning dated […]
Private contractors can provide immediate relief to a conflict-torn region, but run the risk of damaging the very fabric of the international state system in the long run. BY: TANYA ROHATGI — As President Barack Obama’s time in the White House draws to a close, critics and supporters alike are trying to condense his often disjointed foreign […]
“Nation-Building” Is Back: Now with Contractors Last month, President-elect Donald Trump told The New York Times that the United States under his watch will not “be a nation builder.” It was a variation on a comment he had made dozens of times during the campaign as he attempted to lay out a vision for a […]
Who guards the guards? BY: Om Astha Rai — Dhan Singh Dhami could have been at his duty station as a security guard in Afghanistan by now, but a four-month ban on Nepalis working in the war-torn country delayed his plan. After the death of 13 Nepalis guarding the Canadian Embassy in a terrorist attack in Kabul […]