The Power of the Less Powerful: doing more with more
Pursuing the call for middle powers around the world to step up, Alasdair Gordon-Gibson considers opportunities for the humanitarian sector to regain trust through a more honest engagement with a chan...
I enjoyed this latest edition of HUMANITARIAN which urges the need βto translate between statecraft and real estate craftβ and locate a middle ground where the humanitarian can function within the hierarchies of power while protecting the most vulnerable www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/29/01/2...
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Let us be problem solvers, rather than problem observers.
16 million people in Syria need our help right now.
The cost of hesitation will be far greater than the risk of decisive action. We must act with ambition.
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Power Shift | Can dialogue truly shift power?
Power Shiftβs first episode sets the stage by highlighting the costs of power inequalities in humanitarian response, and whether dialogue can be a solution.
Can we change humanitarian aid, one conversation at a time? With the entire industry in crisis, The New Humanitarian and The Center for Transformational Change are giving it a try. Our new podcast #powershift is out now: β¬οΈ
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Conflict and Development | Andrew J. Williams, Alasdair Gordon-Gibson
Fully revised and updated in its third edition, this timely book brings together the study of conflict and war and the problems surrounding the economic
The 3rd edition of Conflict and Development builds on the two previous books co-authored by Roger Mac Ginty and Andrew Williams. This edition adds analysis on the practice of aid delivery and the humanitarian questions
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...
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