Can Humanitarian Assistance Inadvertently Prolong Conflict?

Event End: November 17, 2011 11:30 PM

Event Location: Ellison Hall 3824

The provision of humanitarian aid has rapidly become a core component of modern peace building and post-conflict reconstruction, but some policymakers claim that this assistance has the preverse effect of prolonging conflict.  Theory and evidence from panel data are presented in a discussion of this timely topic, the second lecture of a four-part series on current topics in international relations.

(PS 595)