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The end of the Cold War has rejuvenated the debate of humanitarian intervention. The opportunity to employ armed force in a humanitarian role is said to have expanded with the end of the bipolar stalemate. Such forums as the United Nations Security Council are no longer held in …

This dissertation combines ethnographic, interview, and documentary data gathered in Ethiopia to analyze famine early warning systems--large-scale information systems bringing together climate, food production, market, and public health data, which have become a major focus in i…

Coastal areas in the southeastern United States face the threat of hurricanes each year. Some of the greatest danger associated with these storms is experienced by citizens without personal means to evacuate. Along with storms comes the inevitable post-disaster relief process of…