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Flipping the Narrative: We need to talk about international aid and refugee self-reliance

This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. International organisations and NGOs often treat refugees as burdens that need to be taken care of...

No bulldozer can bury the truth: Remembering Rachel Corrie

In another echo of early 2003, the twentieth anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie on 16 March went largely unreported. As the world’s attention...

Will the Circle be Unbroken? Reviving the Spirit of Bandung and Panchsheel

“I hate the US empire, and I love the US republic.” — Johan Galtung Circles evoke mutual acceptance, self-respect, and constructive collaboration.  Straight lines can...

Ukraine crisis: Think deeper or we all lose By Jan Oberg

  Whatever other reasons there may be for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, a major one is that we live in times characterized by an increasingly dangerous,...

Reconciliation in Africa: A Vital Need

Tags: Africa, Conflict Analysis, Conflict Resolution, D.R. Congo, Peace Building, Rwanda, United Nations 3 Feb 2023 – Pope Francis’ Appeal to the populations of the Democratic Republic of Congo and of South Sudan...

If You Wouldn’t Ask Hannibal Lecter to Stop Mass Atrocities, Don’t Ask “The International Community” By Ann Garrison

4 Jan 2023 – The hope that the U.S. will intervene anywhere in the world for humanitarian reasons is misguided in the extreme. Claims of concern...

Wisdom from the Jungle

While we are inundated with reports of varying credibility about the war instigated by US/NATO against Russia being fought in Ukraine, evoking justifiable hand-wringing...

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