Humanitarianism and War

Project Team

International humanitarian activities have grown enormously in scale over the past decade, and the complex links between humanitarian work and the worlds of politics and military engagement have become increasingly contested. This project looks at those links.

A significant proportion of humanitarian assistance is now delivered by NGOs which have in effect become federated trans-national organizations, alliances of members from different countries, all seeking to provide assistance...

Mackinnon Webster, Peter Walker

• April 2009

This study provides a composite view of reflections by U.S. veterans from the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq on their experiences in the Global War on Terror. It draws on...

Larry Minear

• September 2007

The data presented and analyzed by the study in three cases-Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Sierra Leone-offers intriguing and provocative look at the wide-ranging security needs of local communities and the uneven...

Antonio Donini, Larry Minear, Ian Smillie, Ted van Barda, Anthony C. Welsh

• June 2005

In recent years and for a variety of reasons, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has been buffeted by an array of forces. In one...

Peter Walker, Larry Minear

• August 2004

A report on an international mapping exercise to understand the implications of the Iraq war and other crises on humanitarian action.

Antonio Donini, Peter Walker, Larry Minear

• January 2004