Human Security and the Pivotal Role of Science in Achieving It
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View ArticleHow Compatible Are UN Coherence and Humanitarian Partnership?
This is a transcript of the keynote address that was made on the basis of speaking notes, not a prepared text. Thank you very much, it’s a pleasure to be here. I think it’s been an interesting day in...
View ArticleImproving Food Security Analysis and Response
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View ArticleHumanitarian Agenda 2015: Principles, Power and Perceptions
HA 2015 is a major independent research project based at the Feinstein International Center at Tufts University in the US. It is an international effort involving researchers and consultants from a...
View ArticleCrisis and Normality, Two Sides of the Same Coin
If you want to glimpse the future, first understand the past. Wise advice, yet the business of disaster response is, I’m afraid, rather obsessed with the present. The urgency of response fueled by...
View ArticleLooking Ahead
In these brief comments, Donini deals with three related issues likely to affect the future of the humanitarian enterprise: How can we make it “of the world” rather than “of the North”? Has it become...
View ArticleComplexity and Context as the Determinants of the Future
Humanitarian crises today are not due to one underlying cause but rather to a set of complex issues or an accumulation of adverse trends. As a result, humanitarian action needs to be more broadly...
View ArticleLivelihoods, Power and Choice (Presentation Slides)
Livelihoods in Darfur are intimately linked to the conflict, none more so that the livelihoods of the camel herding nomads known as the Northern Rizaygat, who are widely associated with the Janjaweed...
View ArticleHearing on U.S. Aid to Pakistan: Planning and Accountability
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View ArticleWinning "Hearts and Minds" in Afghanistan: Assessing the Effectiveness of...
Development assistance is becoming an increasingly important tool to “win hearts and minds” and promote stability in counterinsurgency (COIN) operations. Given its centrality to COIN doctrine and...
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