Humanitarian Challenges – 10 years after 9/11 What has changed in the last ten years What can we expect in the next ten years

Follow the money 2

Conflict Rules! Source: Development Initiatives 2011 from OECD DAC data

Limbo or Purgatory?

Attacks relative to aid worker population in the field Source: Stoddard et al. 2009

What next? Politicization and manipulation are here to stay Recognize that with power comes responsibility Less is more? Recognize that aid can be de- stabilizing

3 mega trends… Humanitarian assistance is up, humanitarianism is down. Universalism is down, sovereignty/nationalism is up Conflict is down, so-called “natural” disasters are up

From a powerful discourse to a discourse of power Disconnect between the hum narrative and the reality of “humanitarian power” The end of a mobilizing myth?

The importance of principles