Overview
Creating is the highest and most advanced level in Bloom’s Taxonomy. It requires the reorganisation of elements/information into the creation of a new output.
The case looks at the Finnish military-industrial sector with specific reference to the leading defence contractor – Patria. The company has been involved in numerous questionable activities that have not only brought the company, but also the country into disrepute.
C.6. Reading (Look at this before doing the tasks). The Tasks and Answer Key/Pointers/Sources are in Theme H in the drop-down menu at the top of this page.
Think About:
“War is the most profitable business on earth” – Kenneth Eade
“The powerful Western elites…benefit from wars twice: first, by destroying other countries and stealing their resources under different pretexts. Second, by bringing millions of refugees to Western countries and using them as cheap labour. This is where the strong connection between the military-industrial complex and the refugee-industrial complex precisely lies” – Louis Yako
“If achieving world peace and ending poverty were really genuine concerns to the majority, then they would have happened already by now. So, either people are not aware of their collective power, or their fears overpower their desires. The amount of money spent on the military-industrial complex in one year is more than enough to end hunger in Africa. Every problem on earth today has more than one solution. However, priorities are determined by values” – Suzy Kassem
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist” – Dwight Eisenhower
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defence than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom” – Martin Luther King
May 2024, Finnish APC vehicle on parade in Moscow captured by Russian forces. This was one amongst several on display....
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Major players in the sector changing names….why…:
Blackwater renamed to Xe Services and now known as Academi.
Avbelj, M. (2014). Failed Democracy: The Slovenian Patria Case – (Non) Law in Context. Pravna praksa 26(3). https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2462613
Have corporate liability cases been a significant feature on the legal landscape…if not …why not?
Who benefits from conflict:
Financial Times. 27.12.2023. Global defence orders surge as geopolitical tensions mount.