Humanitarian action and the diversity of actors and actions associated with the humanitarian label grew exponentially in the roughly fifteen years since the winding down of the Cold War. That growth brought tremendous opportunities, but also tremendous pressures on the humanitarian system and its inherent linkage of values to action. These strains have become even more apparent and in need of urgent ... read moreattention, against the backdrop of the rapidly evolving international geopolitical landscape as played out in Afghanistan and Iraq.read less
