Matthew Cole, a reporter at The Intercept, discusses the investigation that exposed former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince and his plan to create his own private air force to use in parts of Africa. In “Echo Papa Exposed: Inside Erik Prince’s Treacherous Drive to Build a Private Airforce,” he and co-author Jeremy Scahill reveal how Prince planned to modify American-made […]
Although stability operations and contingency contracting may not be the biggest industry in the world, “You’d have a hard time finding another industry that has a greater impact in places that matter.” This observation, offered by a former commander of U.S. Africa Command at a 2015 security sector industry conference, marks the realization that the […]
According to USAID — The United States announced nearly $139 million in humanitarian assistance in response to the Yemen crisis. The contribution will help meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the most vulnerable people in the Middle East's poorest and most food insecure country. Since the beginning of the current conflict in March 2015, approximately 2.7 million […]
When and where did you teach abroad? Did you go with a program? I decided to go abroad to teach English after a life-changing event in 2003. The stress of working 70-hour workweeks as a computer engineer for years had left me obese and extremely unhealthy. I had a minor heart attack at the age […]
Sterling Global Operations (SGO), an integrated stability operations company with clients in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and North America, is rebranding following mergers and acquisitions of risk management and security service providers Janus Security International, SNE Special Projects, and Tundra Security Afghanistan. The new enterprise, Janus Global Operations, builds on the company’s 28 […]