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I, La liste: Zabuloni -- Le naufrage congolais -- Les clichés -- II, Entrer en guerre: Le génocide -- L'occupation -- Résistances -- Pas à pas -- III, Rester en guerre: L'arrestation -- Le major -- Vengeances -- Le grade et la fonction -- Nouveaux horizons -- IV, Au front: Chez les "citoyens en colère" -- La science de la boue -- Le Motorola -- De l'autre côté du fusil -- L'autorisation -- L'art du bluff -- V, Décrire la guerre: Par millions -- Massacres invisibles -- La "capitale mondiale du viol" -- Les hommes ordinaires -- Combattants-communicants -- Les mots piégés VI, S'en sortir: Messages -- La "matière" -- La paix -- L'humanitaire -- La mort de Mzee

Als Gründer der Hilfsorganisation "Médicins sans frontières" weiß Brauman, wie humanitäre Hilfsaktionen die politischen Hintergründe von Krisensituationen wie in Ruanda überdecken können. Im öffentlichen Gedächtnis bleiben nur die Leiden der Opfer. Rechtzeitiges internationales Eingreifen, so seine These, hätte aber den systematisch vorbereiteten Genozid an der Tutsi-Bevölkerung verhindern können. Seine bittere Abrechnung mit der internationalen Politik wird überzeugend vorgetragen und ist übertragbar z.B. auf Bosnien. Die aktuelle Diskussion über Sinn und Möglichkeiten internationaler Interventionen erhält hier Stoff. Zugleich eine Aufarbeitung des Geschehens in Ruanda (mit einer Chronik der Ereignisse) und eine gute Ergänzung zu C. Muyombano (BA 11/95). - Auch für den aktuellen Taschenbuchständer. (2) (Reinhild Khan)

In the eyes of Rony Brauman of Médecins Sans Frontières, wars are always triggered in the name of morality. Today's 'humanitarian' interventions are little more than new moral crusades—and their justifications are based on lies. There are plenty of examples of hawkish propaganda in recent years: Saddam Hussein's mythical weapons of mass destruction; dubious predictions of genocide in Kosovo; doctored figures of famine in Somalia; and a fake massacre of protesters in Libya. Without being militantly non-interventionist, Brauman is extremely suspicious of the thirst for war displayed by many of today's world leaders, the consequences of which are devastating. He is critical of international peacekeeping bodies and tribunals: for him, the UN Security Council and the International Criminal Court represent the interests of the powerful above all else. Basing his argument on the criteria for a 'just war', Brauman criticises the Western obsession with imposing democratic values by force. In this sober and convincing book, he thoroughly dismantles the notion of the justness of 'humanitarian wars'.

1. The Bishop's Diagonal Versus the Axis of Evil: Strategies on the Geopolitical Chessboard 1. - Part I: Maturity Crisis 7. - 2. Crisis of Maturity and Transformation in French NGOs 9. - 3. Establishment Radicals: An Historical Overview of British NGOs 27. - 4. French or Anglo-Saxon: A Different Ethical Perspective? 41. - Part II: Should Humanitarian Action be Evaluated? 49. - 5. Evaluating for Change: How Can we Improve the Impact of Humanitarian Action? 51. - 6. Learning, Monitoring and Evaluation 61. - Part III: NGOs on the New Political Chessboard 71. - 7. International NGOs Under Fire: Caught Between the Global Fight Against Terrorism and Neo-Liberal Approaches to Security Governance 73. - 8. Patronage or Influence? International Politics and the Changing Role of Non-Governmental Humanitarian Organisations 87. - Part IV: Humanitarianism and Religion 99. - 9. Christian NGOs on the International Scene: What are their Motives? 101. - 10. Is there an Islamic Humanitarianism? 111. - Epilogue 121

ABSTRACTThis article shows the two‐way relation between global norms and local conditions as they shape Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) theory and practice, through a case study of a water fund in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, the heartland of the country's sugarcane industry. Drawing on interviews, survey data and historical research, the article argues that the water fund should be understood in the context of the history of infrastructure for the sugarcane industry in the region, and that this infrastructural perspective provides a more nuanced insight into the fund's political life than the traditional PES framing. Furthermore, the article shows how the norms embedded in this locally grown programme circulated through international networks to influence PES theory and design. This case offers one example of the need to attend to the multiple and geographically specific histories of actually existing PES in order to understand its diversity in the present.

Introduction : Acting at Any Price? 1. - I. Stories. - 1. Sri Lanka. Amid All-out War 15. - A. Ethiopia. A Fool's Game in Ogaden 35. - B. Yemen. A Low Profile 41. - 2. Afghanistan. Regaining Leverage 49. - A. Pakistan. The Other Side of the Coin 69. - 3. Somalia. Everything is Open to Negotiation 77. - 4. Gaza. Strip a Perilous Transition 95. - 5. Myanmar. "Golfing with the Generals" 109. - 6. Nigeria. Public (Health) Relations 129. - 7. India. The Expert and the Militant 147. - A. South Africa. MSF, an African NGO? 163. - B. France. Managing the "Undesirables" 171. - II. History. - 8. Silence Heals…from the Cold War to the War on Terror, MSF Speaks Out: a Brief History 177. - 9. Caring for Health 199. - 10. Natural Disasters: "Do Something!" 219. - 11. Epilogue: in the Name of Emergency. How MSF Adapts and Justifies its Choices 237