Technology
Advances in technology possess the potential to both promote and impede humanitarian action. Whether through the monitoring of flows of displaced people, gathering data on rights abuses, or the development of new solutions for overcoming climate change, disaster response, and global health challenges, technological advancements have immense practical value for the humanitarian sector. Technological developments, however, possess an equal potential to undermine humanitarian goals. The use of intelligent technologies must be carefully regulated to combat their use as a tool of disinformation, political suppression, and deepening inequality. The potential use of intelligent technologies as a tool of disinformation, political suppression, and deepening inequality threatens the creation of or exacerbation of existing humanitarian crises. The Humanitarian Agenda’s research monitors and considers the utility of the development, implementation, and use of new technologies in the humanitarian sector.
Media Queries
- H. Andrew Schwartz
- Chief Communications Officer
- 202.775.3242
- aschwartz@csis.org
- Samuel Cestari
- Media Relations Coordinator, External Relations
- 202.775.7317
- scestari@csis.org
Most Recent

What Is Happening to U.S. Humanitarian Assistance? Will the United States Continue to Save Lives?
Report by Michelle Strucke and Marc Cohen — April 18, 2025

“What Is Happening to U.S. Humanitarian Assistance? Will the United States Continue to Save Lives?”: Audio Brief with Michelle Strucke
Podcast Episode by Michelle Strucke — April 18, 2025

Where Is the United States? An Earthquake in Myanmar Is the First Test of President Trump’s Emergency Aid Cuts
Critical Questions by Michelle Strucke and Lily Kennedy — April 7, 2025

Where Is the United States? An Earthquake in Myanmar Is the First Test of President Trump’s Emergency Aid Cuts
Podcast Episode by Michelle Strucke and Lily Kennedy — April 7, 2025

Streamlining Government Coordination for Rights-Conscious Supply Chains
Report by Noor Hamadeh, Jacqueline Lewis, and Whitley Saumweber — March 24, 2025

“Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis: What Was Old Is New Again”: Audio Brief with Cameron Hudson
Podcast Episode by Cameron Hudson — December 19, 2024

To Address Increasing Crises, Incentivize Locally Led Surge Capacity and Prepare for Multidimensional Crisis Response
Podcast Episode by Michelle Strucke — December 18, 2024

Global Development Recommendations for the Next Administration
Digital Report by The CSIS Global Development Department — December 18, 2024

Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis: What Was Old Is New Again
Report by Cameron Hudson and Michelle Strucke — December 17, 2024

Safeguarding Humanitarian Action: The United States’ Critical Role in Renewing UN Security Council Resolution 2664
Commentary by Nicolas Jude Larnerd and Michelle Strucke — December 5, 2024
Implications of the Blinken/Austin Letter and Sinwar's Passing—Gaza: The Human Toll
Transcript — October 22, 2024

Humanitarian Finance: A Missed Opportunity for Reform at the Summit of the Future
Critical Questions by Marc Cohen and Michelle Strucke — September 30, 2024