Columbia International Affairs Online: Policy Briefs

CIAO DATE: 01/2010

Military-humanitarian integration: The promise and the peril

Denis Kennedy

August 2009

Finnish Institute for International Affairs

Abstract

Finland is currently drafting a comprehensive national crisis management strategy (CNCM). This • briefing paper puts this exercise in conversation with the increase in violence directed at aid workers in crisis situations, with special reference to Afghanistan. On a policy level, Finnish decision makers should take into consideration the changing security environment and the mosaic of actors involved in crisis management.