MER Article The Politics of Health in Counterterrorism Operations In the conflict zones of Afghanistan, where multiple fronts shift concurrently, the lines between who is, or is not, a legitimate recipient of aid and protection are not just blurred but erased. As in other counterterrorism wars, these life or death issues are exacerbated by shifting power and terri Jonathan Whittall • 13 min read
MER Article Suffering from Hunger in a World of Plenty The UN Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food surveys the catastrophic state of hunger and malnutrition and their man-made causes—war and conflict, climate change, massive displacement and global economic inequality. The paradox of this landscape of desperate need is that the world produces more t Hilal Elver • 8 min read
MER Article Extending the Borders of Europe European policies on refugees and asylum seekers are increasingly restrictive. Borders are effectively being pushed off-shore, extending the problems of border management as far south as possible. Aurélie Ponthieu explains the effects of these measures, including crowded refugee centers on the Itali Aurélie Ponthieu • 8 min read
MER Article The Black Mediterranean and the Politics of the Imagination The sea in Italy doesn’t even recede. You need to cross it to get to the stronghold, you need to cross the sea in between, the Mediterranean Sea—the White Sea to the Arabs. Many face the White Sea. But from my coasts, on the Horn of Africa, before SA Smythe • 15 min read
MER Article From the Editors (Spring 2018) [su_heading align="left"]Humanitarianism, as presently conceived, can never provide a solution to global inequity that is one of the deepest roots of global suffering. That there is no existing means to counter the vast inequality of resources and the unequal distribution of vulnerability speaks to the Ilana Feldman • 5 min read
