Military as ‘humanitarian’ actors - 1 --- In field humanitarian operations, most often decisions are made largely on practical considerations. A lot of these stories are not documented the way we want to understand it; we need to be in the centre of action to allow good observation. One approach that is quite subtle is to assign retired military officers, including military/police retirees who are on active duty, to lead the national humanitarian response team.

Source author: Ivy Susanti ivysusanti@gmail.com