This book suggests a new explanation for why international peace interventions often fail to
reach their full potential. Based on several years of ethnographic research in conflict zones …

Humanitarian aid has long been dominated by a classical, Dunantist paradigm that was
based on the ethics of the humanitarian principles and centred on international …

According to politicians, we now live in a radically interconnected world. Unless there is
international stability–even in the most distant places–the West's way of life is threatened. In …

This book is an introduction to the wide-ranging topic of non-governmental organizations
(NGOs) and development, combining a critical overview of the main research literature with …

Trades of money for political influence persist at every level of government. Not surprisingly,
governments themselves trade money for political support on the international stage …

Aid workers commonly bemoan that the experience of working in the field sits uneasily with
the goals they've signed up to: visiting project sites in air-conditioned Land Cruisers while …

Humanitarians are required to be impartial, independent, professionally competent and
focused only on preventing and alleviating human suffering. It can be hard living up to these …

If you thought the point of war was to win, this book will make you think again. David Keen
questions the model of war as a contest between two sides aiming at political and military …

Current debates and discussions of the emerging security–development nexus tend to
portray this as signifying the increased importance of the problems of non-Western states to …

The global aid world has changed, partly in response to the reconfigurations of geopolitical
power and to the global financial crisis (GFC). Paradoxically, in the face of recession in most …