Analysis Health 11 December 2018 A new normal in humanitarian aid: treating middle-class diseases “Non-communicable diseases have been neglected so far, but the situation is becoming dire”
Analysis Aid and Policy 4 December 2018 Aid deliveries to Syria at risk in UN Security Council vote Russia could veto renewal of the resolution that gives UN access to rebel areas
Analysis Conflict 19 November 2018 Briefing: Yemen peace talks Negotiations may be around the corner, but peace is likely much farther away
Analysis Conflict 13 November 2018 What is humanitarian deconfliction? How aid agencies try to avoid getting bombed in Yemen and Syria
Analysis Aid and Policy 12 November 2018 Deaths before data How war, politics, and a lack of reliable information are complicating a famine declaration in Yemen
Analysis Aid and Policy 29 October 2018 Mission impossible for next UN Syria envoy? As Staffan de Mistura prepares to leave office, here’s a look at the UN peace process so far and why it keeps failing
Analysis Environment and Disasters 16 October 2018 Why Indonesia’s rules on foreign tsunami relief are rattling the aid sector “All the assumptions we make are being overturned”
Analysis Aid and Policy 12 October 2018 Famine and the machine Can big money and big data make famine a thing of the past?
Analysis Conflict 2 October 2018 After Russia-Turkey deal, the fate of Syria’s Idlib hangs in the balance A buffer zone is supposed to prevent a bloody battle in Syria’s last rebel-held province, but are Assad’s forces and rebel factions on side?
Analysis Aid and Policy 28 September 2018 As Trump runs low on targets, aid sector asks: are we next? At the UN General Assembly, the US president vowed to review overseas assistance and favour his “friends”. Relief officials are worried
Analysis Aid and Policy 26 September 2018 Shutdowns, suspensions, and legal threats put relief in world’s troublespots at risk A harder donor line on counter-terror compliance, from the US in Syria in particular, has the sector worried
Analysis Conflict 3 September 2018 Syrian war: Understanding Idlib’s rebel factions Fighting forces in Syria’s last rebel-held territory are divided on almost everything but their opposition to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
