[Download] "Challenges to Humanitarian Action (Roundtable)" by Ethics & International Affairs # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free

📘 Read Now     📥 Download

eBook details

• Title: Challenges to Humanitarian Action (Roundtable)
• Author : Ethics & International Affairs
• Release Date : January 01, 2002
• Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 244 KB

Description

It is a commonplace to say that the world has changed since the tragic events of September 11. This also holds true for those dedicated to humanitarian action--to the prevention of death and the alleviation of suffering during crisis and conflict, irrespective of any consideration other than need. The cause of the change for us, however, is not so much the attacks themselves or their vicious character. Sadly, such great loss of life and willingness to inflict death indiscriminately upon innocent civilians is nothing new, as those of us who have worked in areas of conflict know only too well. What has changed is that, as a result of these attacks, the leading international power, the United States, has declared a new global war on terrorism. This war, as it has been defined, pits terrorism against freedom, and those who would imperil humanity against those who stand to defend it. While the main focus, thus far, has been on Afghanistan, the repercussions have swiftly embraced the entire planet. Like the Cold War, this is an open-ended, global fight defined to uphold both interests and values. Yet unlike the Cold War, it is one in which alliances are constantly shifting, the enemy consists primarily of an ill-defined set of nonstate actors as well as their purported state sponsors, and territorial control is not necessarily an aim.

PDF Books "Challenges to Humanitarian Action (Roundtable)" Online ePub Kindle