MSF Analysis - Page 3 of 4 - Reflections on Humanitarian Action

Search and Destroy Does Not Save Migrants’ Lives

In what is being described as “record time”, the European […]

Search & Destroy Does Not Save Lives

Editorial by MSF Belgium President Meinie Nicolai, as she returned from a mission as Nurse Supervisor on the Bourbon Argos, one of two Search and Rescue ships MSF is operating […]

MIGRATION AND REFUGEES

Words of Concern, Walls of Deterrence: Refugees Pushed Out to Sea

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will launch search and rescue operations […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

A World Humanitarian Summit that Doesn’t Talk About Humanitarian Action

Recent humanitarian emergencies, such as the mass displacement in South […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

Cold War Humanitarianism in Ukraine

Fighting in Ukraine has displaced one million people. Eight-hundred-thousand have sought refuge across the border in Russia, while 200,000 have tried to find safe shelters in other parts of Ukraine. […]

HEALTH POLICY

Ebola: A Failure of International Collective Action

Timely humanitarian action from international players is essential to manage […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

The New Normal in European Aid: Keeping ‘Trouble’ from European Shores

In an article to the Guardian on the ‘new normal’ […]

ACCESS

The Limits of Humanitarianism in Gaza

An entire population is trapped in what is essentially an open-air prison. They can’t leave and only the most limited supplies – essential for basic survival – are allowed to […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

Why David Miliband is Wrong About Humanitarian Goals

In an opinion piece in the Guardian, former British foreign […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

Bursting the Bubble: Fizzy Water and the Politics of Humanitarian Aid

In January 2014, Scarlett Johansson decided to endorse SodaStream – […]

ACCESS

Expats: The Useful Idiots of Impartiality

The ‘humanitarian community’ is as much of a myth as the ‘international community’, suggesting a central set of values or a coordinated leadership that does not exist. In short, neither […]

AID ENVIRONMENT

The McDonald’s Index of Humanitarian Access

In understanding why access is sometimes denied for humanitarian workers, what is often overlooked are the ideological and tactical factors that feature in this decision making process for those that […]

AID ENVIRONMENT