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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Beyond Aid brings you stories about humanitarian actors and action that go beyond the challenging headlines to focus on how we can find hope and where we can find opportunities to drive change.

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Celebrating World Humanitarian Day

Please watch as we celebrate World Humanitarian Day with Administrator Mark Green of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). 

Event — August 20, 2018

Celebrating World Humanitarian Day

CSIS celebrates World Humanitarian Day with Administrator Mark Green of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). 

Transcript — August 20, 2018

Aid and Conflict: Pitfalls in Yemen

No two countries have been as generous to Yemen in the last year as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which pledged billions of dollars in aid to the poor and embattled country on the tip of the Arabian Peninsula. 

Brief by Jon B. Alterman — August 16, 2018

The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

Labeled the worst humanitarian crisis in today’s world, the conflict in Yemen is entering its fourth year. This event will discuss the impact the war is having on the Yemeni people, and the challenges it poses policymakers.

Event — April 5, 2018

The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

Labeled the worst humanitarian crisis in today’s world, the conflict in Yemen is entering its fourth year. This event discussed the impact the war is having on the Yemeni people, and the challenges it poses policymakers.

Transcript — April 5, 2018

Global Trends in Humanitarian Assistance

In a landscape marked by protracted conflicts, natural disasters, and over 65 million displaced persons, the international community faces the daunting challenge of providing both immediate live-saving, emergency relief and long-term support for risk reduction and disaster mitigation.

Event — October 30, 2017

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Global Trends in Humanitarian Assistance

Listen us speakers explore on global trends in the humanitarian space as part of the official launch of The Humanitarian Agenda, a new, center-wide CSIS program created in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA). 

Podcast Episode by Kimberly Flowers and Jon B. Alterman — October 30, 2017

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Beyond Aid

Beyond Aid brings you stories about humanitarian actors and action that go beyond the challenging headlines to focus on how we can find hope and where we can find opportunities to drive change. It features humanitarian leaders, practitioners, innovators, journalists, artists, and athletes who can help listeners relate to crisis contexts in new ways.

All views, positions, and conclusions expressed here should be understood to be solely of those of the speaker(s).

 

Podcast Series by Jacob Kurtzer and Kirsten Gelsdorf