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In 2008, the ICRC (the International Committee of the Red Cross) launched a study to look at how violence affects the delivery of health care in 16 countrie swhere it is operational. Reports of incidents were collected from a variety…
This paper by Jeffrey Dressler ans Reza Jan (2011) details the expansion of the Haqqani Network in Pakistan’s tribal areas through peace accords signed between rival Sunni and Shia factions in Kurram Agency, Pakistan. The peace accords brought nearly four…
“Lord Ashdown’s Humanitarian Emergency Response Review (HERR) has raised the bar for the UK Government. It has given direction, reminded us of key principles and outlined a new approach to ensure we are fit to respond to emergencies in the…
This reports by the NRC (Norwegian Refugee Council, 2010) expands on the analysis of an earlier NRC report entitled Southern Sudan 2010: Mitigating a Humanitarian Crisis (February 2010), in examining displacement and reintegration challenges in pre- and post-referendum Southern Sudan.…
This report by the International Crisis Group (2010) analyses Haiti’s political elections in a tense political context shortly after the earthquakes. “Haiti votes in a month’s time – on 28 November 2010 – for a new president and nearly an…
This report written by James Cockayne, Jason Ipe, and Alistair MillarCenter through the Center of Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (2010) deals with counter-terrorism strategy in North Africa. “The states of North Africa have each had to confront their own unique, in…
Sripathi Narayanan (2010), trough the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), deals in this essay with Islamabad’s Objectives and Strategies in Pakistan and Afghanistan. “As its most prominent neighbor, Pakistan plays a vital role in Afghanistan. The modern history…
This report by MAJ David L. DeAtley (United States Army, 2010) offers a detailed case study of both the FARC and the Taliban, with particular focus on their involvement in the drugs trade as their primary (and illicit) source of…
This GISF Report (2011) examines how humanitarian organisations express their attitudes to risk, and considers how priorities at different organisational levels might be better integrated when decisions are made on whether to accept or reject certain risks. Section 1 reviews the risk management…
This report by Zachary Jones, Corey Singletary, Bartosz Szkatula and Farha Tahir (2010) deals with economic developement in the Jammu and Kashmir region as a way to reduce secessionism. “Conflict and instability in Jammu and Kashmir have been a major…