In the aftermath of the tsunami, the UN Deputy Secretary General criticised industrialised nations for failing to provide sufficient aid to the Asian countries hit by the disaster. These countries ...

In 2023, according to the Global Humanitarian Overview, aid organizations faced a $37 billion funding shortfall to help crisis-affected communities. Yet in that year, the World Bank’s International ...

Editor's Note: Patrick Meier is an internationally recognised thought leader on the application of new technologies for crisis early warning, humanitarian response, human rights and civil resistance.

When disasters strike, whether from natural causes like earthquakes, hurricanes, and typhoons, or man-made causes such as conflict or famine, the United States has swiftly responded by mobilizing ...

Many Americans will remember Jimmy Carter as a failed president, a one-termer who lost to the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan. History may judge his tenure differently, but Carter's ...