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Conflict, peacekeeping, and humanitarian security: understanding violent attacks against aid workers / Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv; Miklian, Jason; Hoelscher, Kristian

Miklian, Jason	Journal Article
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What factors explain attacks on humanitarian aid workers? Most research has tended to describe trends rather than analyse the underlying reasons behind attacks. To move this agenda forward, we present to our knowledge the first peer-reviewed cross-national time-series study that identifies factors related to violent attacks on humanitarian aid workers. Our theoretical framework explores two sets of potential explanatory factors: dynamics of conflicts; and the politicization and militarization of humanitarian operations. Using a global sample at the country level from 1997 to 2014, our results suggest that: (i) the presence and severity of armed conflicts are related to increased attacks on aid workers; (ii) aid workers do not appear to face greater risks even where civilians are targeted; (iii) the presence of an international military force does not appear to add to nor decrease risks to aid workers; and (iv) the effects of peacekeeping operations upon humanitarian security are varied. We discuss this in light of the ongoing challenges facing humanitarian organizations to provide security in fragile and conflict-affected areas.

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Conflict ; Peacekeeping ; Humanitarian Security ; Violent Attacks ; Aid Workers

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Dissolving boundaries? the Development marketplace and military / Hills, Alice

Dec 2003

Hills, Alice	Journal Article
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Dec 2003.

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The extent to which the broadening security agenda should be operationalised by Western military forces is unclear. Prompted by events in Afghanistan during October 2001 and the trend towards regime change and reconstruction, this article uses the notion of civil society as a means to explore the implications of using developmental objectives to shape operations. It argues that civil society's limited utility is most evident when it is applied to urban conflict. Nevertheless, civil society is a significant indicator of trends that may yet shape strategic guidance. This raises questions about the nature and role of military force in the contemporary world, and, indeed, of the new security agenda itself.

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Conflict ; Security ; Military Operations ; War and Peace ; Humanitarian Security

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Humanitarian security in Europe / Likhachev, V

Likhachev, V	Journal Article
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2006.

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Europe ; Humanitarian Security

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