The ability to respond to the pain of a suffering world means neither to believe in oneself
blindly nor to doubt oneself into paralysis. This subtle truth emerging from the epoch of …

The costs of military ventures and concern for human rights has increased the importance of
international sanctions in the twenty fist century, but our knowledge is still limited in this area …

This article situates the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) within the context of world politics. States remain the predominant actors in the …

In any report on conflict today, refugees are invariably presented as being" traumatized,""
psychologically scarred,"" indelibly marked,"" emotionally damaged,"" hopeless,"" …

" Offers an insightful analysis of the complexities of the humanitarian enterprise. The authors'
grasp of the topic is impressive. This book is an important contribution to the ongoing debate …

Non-state threats and actors have become key topics in contemporary international security
as since the end of the Cold War the notion that state is the primary unit of interest in …

Since the 1990s, the concepts of global and security governance have emerged as new
frameworks for the analysis of international relations. The proponents of these approaches …

The end of the Cold War has not only witnessed the rise of new transnational threats such as
terrorism, crime, proliferation and civil war; it has also seen the growing role of non-state …

The nature of complex humanitarian relief, peacebuilding, and reconstruction missions
increasingly forces military and civilian actors to operate in the same space at the same time …

In 1996, two years after the Rwandan genocide and when yet another catastrophe of war
refugees was in the making in the Great Lakes' region of central Africa, experts at UN …