Humanitarian Agenda
Exploring and highlighting the changing landscape of humanitarian assistance in the 21st century
With an unprecedented number of humanitarian crises around the world, the Humanitarian Agenda is committed to inform policy solutions to novel humanitarian challenges through expert dialogue and analysis and to developing and advancing avenues for improving humanitarian response and increasing humanitarian access.
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Analysis
Evaluating Mozambique’s Security, Humanitarian, and Funding Landscape
The United States and international community needs to reevaluate funding and response models to mitigate Mozambique’s devolving security landscape, weakened humanitarian coordination, and low levels of trust between actors.
Commentary by Nicolas Jude Larnerd and Emilia Columbo — August 8, 2023
Mitigating Financial Access Challenges
Report by Jacob Kurtzer, Sue Eckert, and Sierra Ballard — October 25, 2022
Rethinking Humanitarian Assistance: Climate and Crisis in the Horn of Africa
Report by Beza Tesfaye, Erol Yayboke, Anastasia Strouboulis, and Abigail Edwards — January 9, 2023
Finding a Path through Quagmire
Brief by Will Brown — August 12, 2022
Recent Events
Senator Van Hollen on Next Steps in Gaza
Operating in the Cave: Medicine Amidst Conflict in Syria
Opportunities and Challenges in Civilian-Military Humanitarian Coordination
Conference
Sustaining Access: Humanitarian Principles, Practice, and Policy for Today’s Challenges
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Impact of U.S. Sanctions on Aid Delivery in Afghanistan
Event — September 2, 2021
Humanitarian Impacts of Escalated Violence in Gaza
Event — May 19, 2021
Online Event: Launch of the 2021 UN Global Humanitarian Overview
Event — December 1, 2020
China’s Humanitarian Aid: Cooperation amidst Competition
Commentary by Jacob Kurtzer and Grace Gonzales — November 17, 2020
Online Event: Community Matters: Social Networks and Localization of Aid
Event — September 8, 2020
Rules in War – A Thing of the Past?
Event — May 10, 2019
Rules in War – A Thing of the Past?
Transcript — May 10, 2019
Saving Lives in a time of Crisis: Why the Global Humanitarian System Matters
Event — February 5, 2019
Accessing Vulnerable Children and Young People in Conflict
Event — October 30, 2018
Accessing Vulnerable Children and Young People in Conflict
Transcript — October 30, 2018