Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance blocked at a checkpoint in Hebron, OPT.
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Credit: ICRC 2011
Source: ICRC
Knocking on the front door doesn't always get you in. That's been the hard lesson over decades for humanitarians seeking to bring assistance to those in need. This event will address the practical challenges organisations face in reaching those in need, and the strategies adopted to overcome them.
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) hosted a panel discussion on the newly published report “Search for Common Ground: Civil-Military Relations in Afghanistan, 2002-12”, presented by Ashley Jackson, a co-author of the report. The event also provided an opportunity to reflect on lessons learned over the past 10 years in Afghanistan with a roundtable of experts stemming from the research, military and NGO communities.
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Credit: British Red Cross Society
Source: British Red Cross Society
In this blog, Simon Maxwell reviews Juan Pablo Cardenal and Heriberto Araujothe’s book, 'China’s Silent Army: The Pioneers, Traders, Fixers and Workers Who Are Remaking the World in Beijing's Image'.
China’s ever-growing dominance is often in the news – and not always in a good way – and the arguments prevalent in the media arebrought together and fleshed out in this book.