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Little Room to Maneuver: The Challenges to Humanitarian Action in the New Global Security Environment

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  • Abby Stoddard
  • Adele Harmer

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The current global politico-security environment poses challenges to principled humanitarian action on three levels. Humanitarian actors are at pains to preserve a neutral stance in contested political environments, specifically those of occupation and counter-insurgency operations within the US-led Global War on Terror — a particularly difficult proposition when the major donor for humanitarian activities is also the occupying power. Their second challenge is to maintain operational independence in environments of post-conflict transition and other contexts where the life-saving work is over and political pressure increases for all international actors to operate under a unified, politically coherent peace-building strategy. Finally, humanitarians perceive a greater threat than ever before to the physical security of their own workers, as incidents of violence against aid workers appear to be on the rise.

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  • Abby Stoddard & Adele Harmer, 2006. "Little Room to Maneuver: The Challenges to Humanitarian Action in the New Global Security Environment," Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(1), pages 23-41.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:jhudca:v:7:y:2006:i:1:p:23-41
    DOI: 10.1080/14649880500501146
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    1. Benjamin Miller, 2016. "Does AID Effectiveness Mean Repairing the World?: an Examination Of Tikkun Olam's Implications for Modern AID Effectiveness Standards," The Review of Faith & International Affairs, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(3), pages 81-88, July.
    2. Myfanwy James, 2022. "From Rebel to Humanitarian: Military Savoir Faire and Humanitarian Practice in Eastern DR Congo," Development and Change, International Institute of Social Studies, vol. 53(1), pages 166-189, January.

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