Defending humanitarian aid in terms of national security obscures its real purpose

By Chen Reis, Associate Clinical Professor, Director, Humanitarian Assistance Program, & Director, Human Rights MA, University of Denver
Maryam Z. Deloffre, Associate Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University

More than 305 million people require lifesaving humanitarian aid today. Most of them live in areas wracked by conflict, such as Sudan, Gaza, Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

By many estimates, there is more need than ever for this assistance – and the need is growing. But humanitarian funding, which is primarily…

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