International Aid Archive

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  Defending small islands - by frog

  
  
  
  Defence and security seems to be my meme for the day. Tane has noted that: in a resource-constrained post-peak, climate changing world, there won’t be enough to go around. We won’t be able to help the whole world, therefore removing all incentive for them to attack us. And that seems to be the problem that [...] read more
  September 4, 2008 11:16 am - 9 Comments
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  Defending ourselves - by frog

  
  
  
  I’ve always thought defence policy should be viewed a little like health policy.  With health policy it’s good to have all the hospitals and surgical specialists and so on there if you should need them, but really we should also be spending a lot more time and effort on helping people to stay healthy as [...] read more
  September 4, 2008 8:33 am - 39 Comments
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  Helping Burma - by frog

  
  
  
  The news this morning is reporting that deaths in Burma could be as high as 100,000 people.  Figures like that are incomprehensible. Some how it is easier to internalise the tragedy with images like this one of a Burmese child cleaning up twigs after Cyclone Nargis: From here in New Zealand there is not much [...] read more
  May 8, 2008 9:08 am - 18 Comments