by Joe Gleason | Dec 5, 2018 | Duty of Care
Should a State of Emergency be an emergency? By: Joe Gleason, AHT Martial law. State of emergency. Over the past few years, governments in Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Jamaica and Zimbabwe, amongst others, have all enacted various versions of emergency powers in parts or...
by Joe Gleason | Sep 19, 2018 | Duty of Care
Weather Happens: Considerations for Travel Risk Management By: Joe Gleason, AHT Here in the US, September is National Preparedness Month, and the near simultaneous arrivals of Hurricane Florence in the US and Super Typhoon Manghut in Asia are stark reminders of the...
by Joe Gleason | Aug 10, 2018 | Duty of Care
Kidnap Response: Better to Plan and Not Need it than Need a Plan and Not Have One By: Joe Gleason, AHT Did the Qatari government really pay one billion for the release of 28 members of a royal hunting party that were kidnapped in Iraq? Honestly, we’ll probably never...
by Joe Gleason | Jun 13, 2018 | Duty of Care
Money, Money, Money: Managing Risks of Cash Intensive International Operations By: Joe Gleason, AHT Among the essentials in my daypack during my first trip to Afghanistan in early 2002 were a first aid kit, rain jacket, sat phone and $40k in cash – an all too common...
by Taylor Costello | Apr 25, 2018 | Duty of Care
Guards: Another Tool in the Risk Management Toolbox By: Joe Gleason, AHT Guards: Another Tool in the Risk Management Toolbox We’ve all seen it traveling in the developing world: the ubiquitous uniformed guard standing outside a compound gate or in a booth, often with...
by Taylor Costello | Feb 5, 2018 | Duty of Care
US State Department Revamps Travel Advisories System By: Joe Gleason Travel alert vs. travel warning? Travelers, like me, who often found official US State Department travel guidance tough to decipher in the past should welcome State’s newly unveiled system of...
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