Armed Conflict, Public Health, Human Security, & Health Diplomacy
From the monthly archives:
The Jamestown Foundation has a new article by Sunguta West on the targeting of aid agencies in Somalia. Aid groups in the country are increasingly being attacked and humanitarian operations have largely halted due to security concerns. The dangers of aid work come with the territory, but while most attacks against aid workers worldwide are [...]
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Any quantitative conflict researcher has heard of RAND’s Worldwide Terrorism Incident Database (RWTID). RWTID is one of the best sources of data on terrorism, the whole thing was web-accessible and well documented (like a Google for terrorist attacks). So, you can understand my annoyance when RAND took the database offline and now wants to start [...]
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No doubt high-tech, precision air strikes reduce civilian casualties. However, no technology is perfect and no human operator is error-proof. In mid July a US air strike hit an Afghan wedding convoy, mistaking it for a Taliban force. 47 civilians died in the air strike, 39 were women and children.
The issue of civilian casualties is [...]
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In 1989, Serbian forces dissolved the government of the local Kosovars and absorbed the Kosovar health system into the Serbian administration. This move dramatically limited access to healthcare for the people of Kosovo. Three years later, the Kosovo Liberation Army’s (KLA) increasingly violent clashes with Serbian forces highlighted the need for a Kosovar field health [...]
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I have been holding back mentioning anything until the details were finalized. However, as of this morning everything is set and confirmed. Therefore, I am pleased to announce I will be accompanying the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) for the first two weeks of her deployment as part of Operation Continuing Promise, and (most importantly) taking War [...]
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On July 2nd, the Colombian military staged a stunning dupe, convincing FARC to hand over 15 hostages, including three Americans and Ingrid Betancourt, to a helicopter belonging to a fake humanitarian NGO. Today, CNN described some unpublished video taken during the rescue that included the name of the fake humanitarian organization the operation used as [...]
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This week the non-governmental humanitarian organization (NGO) CARE delivered $129,951 in new medical equipment to the Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah. The equipment included a blood gas analyzer, a blood pressure machine, an electrocardiograph, and a vital signs monitor. A second delivery of equipment is scheduled next month and shipments of medical disposables (latex gloves [...]
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Two comments regarding this blog.
First, the good: I have been invited and have accepted an offer to become a contributor at the Complex Terrain Laboratory Review. We have a top notch team of bloggers at CTLab including Matt Armstrong of MountainRunner, Christian Bleuer of Ghosts of Alexander, Drew Conway of Zero Intelligence Agents, Dave Dilegge [...]
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Last month The Long War Journal published a series of powerful photos depicting the aftermath of Yemeni army attacks in Sa’ada.
The following photos are among the first photos to emerge from the troubled region in years. These photos were taken in Sa’ada and smuggled outside the region. The Long War Journal obtained these photos from [...]
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I just got around to a Human Rights Watch report on the use of cluster munitions during the Israel-Lebanon war. The map to the right appears in the report. Each red dot represents a cluster munition strike.
Throughout the war, Israeli artillery used relatively few cluster munitions. However, in the conflict’s final 72 hours Israel launched [...]
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