Balancing Stakeholders in Babylon Colonel Mark Yanaway Mark
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
Code of Hammurabi
Ishtar Gate
Nebuchadnezzar
Hanging Gardens
Tower of Babyl
Daniel & Lions
Alexander
Saddam
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'
Capitol of Agricultural Heartland
Cultural Capitol of Iraq 2008
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
What is right?
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