Hunger in global war economies: understanding the decline and return of famines [0.03%]
全球战争经济下的饥荒：理解饥荒的消退与回归
Alex de Waal
Alex de Waal
The resurgence of famines is a topic of concern. This paper explains the recent trajectory using the framework of contending 'global war economies'. It characterises the unipolar neoliberal world order era (1986-2015) as the 'Pax Americana'...
Bianca Mitrică,Dan Bălteanu,Nicoleta Damian et al.
Bianca Mitrică et al.
Millions of people from Ukraine have been forced to flee their homes to seek safety, protection, and assistance owing to armed conflict. This study aims to draw a parallel between the meaning and importance of the initial impact of Russian ...
Humanitarianism as a tool of statecraft: contested authority, sovereign violence, and humanity in the Syrian civil war [0.03%]
人道主义作为治国方略：叙利亚内战中的权威之争、主权暴力与人道属性
Ümit Seven
Ümit Seven
This research explores the dynamics of interaction between the sovereign state and international humanitarian organisations in alleviating human suffering in the Syrian civil war. Considering civil wars as a rupture in sovereignty, its focu...
Ksenia Chmutina,Jason von Meding,Darien Alexander Williams et al.
Ksenia Chmutina et al.
Disaster scholarship purportedly promotes disaster risk reduction and resists disaster risk creation, thereby deeply engaging with transboundary existential risks, justice, and political power. It is thus a commitment to humanity, and for i...
Interplay between sanctions, donor conditionality, and food insecurity in complex emergencies: the case of Syria [0.03%]
制裁、捐助国所提要求与复合型紧急情况下的粮食不安全之间的相互作用：叙利亚案例分析
Mohammad Kanfash
Mohammad Kanfash
Thirteen years into conflict, Syria remains one of the world's major humanitarian crises. Food insecurity has reached unprecedented levels in the country, with millions of civilians facing starvation and hunger. The key drivers of this are ...
David Sanderson,Tim Heffernan,Marco DeSisto et al.
David Sanderson et al.
This paper challenges current approaches to undertaking community-centred disaster recovery. Community-centred approaches are widely recognised as 'the gold standard' for effective recovery from disasters. Yet, they are rarely applied well ...
Possibilities and limitations of anticipatory action in complex crises: acting in advance of flooding in South Sudan [0.03%]
预测性行动在复杂危机中的可能性与局限性：南苏丹洪水灾害预警行动分析
Evan Easton-Calabria
Evan Easton-Calabria
Little evidence exists on the design and implementation of anticipatory action (AA) in complex crises. This article examines a 2022 United Nations 'early action' pilot in South Sudan in advance of extreme flooding. As a case study of effort...
Connecting efficiency and responsiveness in China: public sentiments and stakeholder perspectives towards COVID-19 crisis governance [0.03%]
效率与响应能力：中国新冠肺炎疫情期间的民众感知与利益相关者视角
Ronghui Yang,Bart Penders,Klasien Horstman
Ronghui Yang
The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic initiated debates on how crisis management affects democracy. In them, the balance between deploying control strategies that limit citizens' freedom and their democratic legitimation features...
Diversified flood governance and related socio-spatial vulnerability in Tana River County, Kenya [0.03%]
肯尼亚塔纳河郡的洪水治理和相关的社会空间脆弱性问题
Anita Nyapala Okoko
Anita Nyapala Okoko
What are the consequential socio-spatial vulnerabilities of fragmentation in flood risk governance (FRG) functions in Tana River County, Kenya? To answer the question, this paper utilises social differentiation theory to establish types and...