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Balancing Stakeholders in Babylon. Colonel Mark Yanaway Mark.yanaway@us.army.mil. Balancing Stakeholders in Babylon. Significance of Babylon The Stakeholders The interests of the Stakeholders The Stakeholders power base Balancing the interests What is right?. Significance of Babylon.
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Balancing Stakeholders in Babylon Colonel Mark Yanaway Mark.yanaway@us.army.mil
Balancing Stakeholders in Babylon • Significance of Babylon • The Stakeholders • The interests of the Stakeholders • The Stakeholders power base • Balancing the interests • What is right?
Significance of Babylon • Code of Hammurabi • Ishtar Gate • Nebuchadnezzar • Hanging Gardens • Tower of Babylon • Daniel & Lions • Alexander • Saddam • Symbol of Mesopotamian Greatness • Symbol of Law • Capitol of Agricultural Heartland • Cultural Capitol of Iraq 2008
Symbol of Mesopotamian Greatness • Persian Capitol • Alexander’s Capitol • Saddam’s use of Bricks
Symbol of Law • Basis for Western Jurisprudence • lex talionis, 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth'
The Stakeholders The Paradoxical Trinity The Government The Army The People
The Government • The United States Government (ORHA/OCPA/CPA) • Federal Government of Iraq • Provincial Government of Babil Province
The United States Government (ORHA/OCPA/CPA) • State Department • Lead with no resources • Department of Defense • Subordinate with all the resources • Other Government Agencies • Subordinate with varying resources
Federal Government of Iraq • Office of the President • Re-election • State Board of Antiquities & Heritage (SBAH) • Preservation of Sites • Council of Representatives • Ministry of Tourism • Tourism
Provincial Government of Babil Province • Governor of Babil • Status • Secure Location • Provincial Council of Babil • Status • Economic development • Tribal Sheikhs • Status
The Army (Military) • Warfighters • Secure location • Protection of Troops • Status (Re-enlistments) • Provincial Reconstruction Team • Economic Development • Secure location • Protection of Cultural Resources
The People • People of Iraq • Secure location • Jobs • Relaxation • People of the World • World Monument Fund • United Nations • Press • Newstories • Religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
The interests of the Stakeholders • Secure location • Jobs • Relaxation • Economic Development • Protection of Cultural Resources • Scientific Evaluation • Status (Re-enlistments) • Status • Tourism • Re-election • Newstories • Religious justification
The Stakeholders power base • Coalition Troops • Iraqi Army • Iraqi Police • Hillah SWAT • SBAH Police • Tribal Forces • World Monument Fund money • United Nations money • Press public influence • Public demonstration • Franchise
Balancing the interests • Hague Conventions (US becomes signatory 25 September 2008 at end of my tenure) • Interests mutually exclusive • Federal vs. Provincial Control • Preservation vs. Exploitation • Reconstruction vs. Science (Archaeology is Destruction) • Open to public vs. Secure location