Workspace:Policy2012/Defence
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This working group will be working toward putting together our strategic and tactical military policies, covering areas such as current conflicts as well as preparations for the future and making sure that current and former service personnel are appropriately looked after. The mailing list has a web page. |
Members
Vinay Gupta
Basically a disaster relief guy who got dragged sideways into defence-related matters via state failure. Based in London, 40, muchly addicted to the twitter, best known for the hexayurt refugee shelter.
- hexayurt@gmail.com
- http://twitter.com/leashless
- http://hexayurt.com/plan (bio)
- http://science.dodlive.mil/2011/11/22/star-tides-a-medium-for-public-private-cooperation-during-humanitarian-emergencies/
Justin Pickard
Writer, researcher, and futurist. Undergraduate degree in International Relations and Anthropology. Particularly interested in superempowerment, asymmetric warfare, and non-state actors. Based in Sussex, mid-20s, troubled Green Party member with pirate sympathies.
James Hester
Historian specializing in arms and armour, military history, and manuals of combat and strategy. Recently began an effort to encourage the use of history to better understand current events and to forecast future trends.
- jh.appliedhistory@gmail.com
- http://twitter.com/appliedhistory
- http://www.appliedhistory.co.uk (website and blog)
Phil Hunt
Programmer and entrepreneur based in Edinburgh. A founding member of PPUK, I've been interested in Pirate issues since the 1990s. I don't have any direct military experience except for a short time in the officer training corps when I was at university, but I've always had an interest in defence policy and military history.
- Email: p.hunt@pirateparty.org.uk, cabalamt@gmail.com
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/cabalamat @cabalamat
- Blog: http://cabalamat.wordpress.com/ Amused Cynicism
Harley Faggetter
Party Secretary of PPUK. Based in London and Cambridge area working as a Software QA Tester. I've followed the Pirate Party since their foundation before finally biting the bullet at the end of 2010 and joining. I don't have any military experience, but I take a personal interest in military history and hold an interest in defence policy.
- Email: h.faggetter@pirateparty.org.uk
- Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/topperfalkon @topperfalkon
- Blog: http://knightsbritannia.blogspot.com/ Knights Britannia
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