U.S. Foreign Policy and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - Humanitarian Relief in Complex Emergencies

This book explores the emerging phenomenon of complex humanitarian emergencies and the evolving policies of the United States in responding to these emergencies. In addition, Andrew Natsios examines the relationship of disaster response to U.S. foreign policy and national interest, and makes suggestions for improving both relief strategies and systems for designing those strategies.

To these issues Natsios brings his first-hand experience in numerous key positions. Mr. Natsios provides case study analysis from these experiences over the past five years to illustrate the arguments presented in the book, particularly regarding Somalia, Angola, Sudan, Panama, and Kuwait and Kurdistan following the Gulf War. As former president George Bush indicates in his foreword to the volume, this book will make a substantive contribution to continuing and enhancing vitally important work. Of great interest to scholars, researchers, and policy makers in the areas of contemporary American foreign policy and humanitarian activities abroad.

List of contents

Foreword by former President George Bush
Summary
Anatomy of a Complex Humanitarian Emergency
Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and U.S. National Interest
The Bureaucratic Politics of Disasters
Nongovernmental Organizations
The United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross
The U.S. Military and Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
The Policy Influence of the News Media
On Strategy
Index

About the author

ANDREW S. NATSIOS served as director of the Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance in USAID during the Bush administration, as President Bush's special coordinator of Somalia relief, as vice president of World Vision, a leading international nongovernmental organization involved in disaster responses, and as a civil affairs officer in the U.S. Army reserves.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew S. Natsios, Natsios Andrew S., Unknown
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.1997
• EAN: 9780275959203
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95920-3
• No. of pages: 216
• Weight: 510 g
• Series: The Washington Papers
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, International Relations, United States of America, USA, Aid & relief programmes, Central / national / federal government policies, Central government policies, Aid and relief programmes, Politics, Law, and Government: Comparative Politics