
Donor efforts to tackle electricity crises in conflict-affected states in the Middle East have failed. Despite billions of dollars of international support for electricity infrastructure in Iraq,...
Iraq + 6 more
Donor efforts to tackle electricity crises in conflict-affected states in the Middle East have failed. Despite billions of dollars of international support for electricity infrastructure in Iraq,...
By Sierra Ballard, Research Assistant, Humanitarian Agenda; and Jacob Kurtzer, Director and Senior Fellow, Humanitarian Agenda Introduction Since 2014, the armed conflict in Yemen has produced one of...
Puerto Rico (The United States of America)
WRITTEN BY Nicolas Jude Larnerd, Sierra Ballard, Jacob Kurtzer December 7, 2022 Hurricane Fiona slammed into the eastern coast of Puerto Rico on September 18, 2022, covering the island with more than...
Leaders of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) renewed the deployment of their Mission to Mozambique (SAMIM) to the Cabo Delgado province on August 18, 2022, in order to carry out the...
Pakistan + 2 more
Pakistan is experiencing its worst humanitarian crisis in a decade, spurred by extreme torrential rainfall and devastating flash floods. The most widespread flooding in the 73-year history of...
World + 2 more
By Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Jacob Kurtzer, and Hareem Fatima Abdullah The international humanitarian community is increasingly focusing on the need for local and national actors to lead humanitarian...
Ethiopia + 2 more
Jacob Kurtzer, Hareem Fatima Abdullah, Sierra Ballard Introduction The greater Horn of Africa, stretching from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia, is experiencing its worst drought in...
Ukraine + 1 more
After months of military buildup along Ukraine's borders, the Russian military's widespread incursion into Ukraine represents the worst-case scenario from a humanitarian and civilian protection...
As many as 1.5 million people were already internally displaced within Ukraine before this week, forced from their homes during the 2014 invasion and the ensuing prolonged conflict in eastern...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY International aid to Syria is at an inflection point. As the number of Syrians in need continues to rise a decade into the conflict, the Assad government continues to use aid to...
As concerns rise over a possible renewed Russian invasion of Ukraine (for CSIS political and military analysis of the situation, please see here and here), so too do concerns over the impact of such...
Lebanon + 1 more
By Will Todman and Caleb Harper The Issue A UN rapporteur recently described Lebanon as a “failing state.” Yet, Lebanon’s government will be unlikely to address the drivers of the crisis, since many...
Syria + 1 more
By Natasha Hall INTRODUCTION In July 2021, the attention of four million people in northwestern Syria will be drawn to a drama unfolding thousands of miles away in New York City. The UN Security...
Syria + 1 more
By Natasha Hall and Will Todman The Issue Since the outset of the Syrian crisis, parties to the conflict have instrumentalized aid, restricting, impeding, and diverting humanitarian assistance to...
Lebanon + 1 more
By Will Todman, Fellow in the Middle East Program, CSIS Executive summary Lebanon is in freefall amid numerous crises. The currency has collapsed, food prices have quadrupled in a year, and Covid-19...
The Asia Pacific Partnership for Atrocity Prevention (APPAP) is an alliance of organisations working to promote human rights and support atrocity prevention in the region. The undersigned members of...
By Christian Man Political and ecological instabilities in the country’s Borno and Yobe states present integrated, existential challenges for millions of Nigerian farmers, fishers, and pastoralists...
Afghanistan + 1 more
By Jacob Kurtzer, Interim Director and Senior Fellow, Humanitarian Agenda; and Amith Mandavilli, Research Intern, Humanitarian Agenda As the Trump administration considers a full withdrawal of U.S...
Jacob Kurtzer, Will Todman UN humanitarian agencies’ mandate under UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2504 to conduct cross-border aid operations into northwest Syria expires on July 10, 2020...
By Will Todman THE ISSUE • The Syrian government has restricted international humanitarian access to opposition-controlled areas of Syria as part of its efforts to regain control of the entire...