Michiel Hofman
Biographic Data
| ID | 6794166 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michiel Hofman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michiel |
| FAMILY NAME | Hofman |
| SIGNATURE | HOFMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Médecins Sans Frontières |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Everybody's War
The Politics of Fear
Although Ebola and similar hemorrhagic fevers have occurred in the past, both the numbers and geographic spread of the 2014-15 West African Ebola epidemic were unprecedented. Ebola and the associated risks drove an improvised, sometimes ineffective, response from political and medical authorities. Fear, rather than rational planning, drove many decisions made at population and leadership levels. Institutions, practices, economies, and governments…
The Evolution from Integrated Missions to ‘Peace Keepers on Steroids’
In the two decades that followed the traumatic events in Rwanda and Srebrenica, the paradigms of both international aid and international military action have profoundly changed. By 2008, strong political missions combined with robust peacekeeping operations, under the new doctrine of ‘Integrated Missions’, had become the norm for un involvement in conflict. This article will argue, illustrated by three examples in Afghanistan, Somalia and Mali, …
From remote control to remote management, and onwards to remote encouragement? The evolution of MSF's operational models in Somalia and Afghanistan
This Opinion Note continues the discussion started in Antonio Donini and Daniel Maxwell's “From Face-to-Face to Face-to-Screen: Remote Management, Effectiveness and Accountability of Humanitarian Action in Insecure Environments”, published previously in the Review, by exposing the realities of Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) struggle with the issue of remote management. By reviewing MSF's experience with remote management in Somalia and Afghanist…
From remote control to remote management, and onwards to remote encouragement? The evolution of MSF's operational models in Somalia and Afghanistan
This Opinion Note continues the discussion started in Antonio Donini and Daniel Maxwell's “From Face-to-Face to Face-to-Screen: Remote Management, Effectiveness and Accountability of Humanitarian Action in Insecure Environments”, published previously in the Review, by exposing the realities of Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) struggle with the issue of remote management. By reviewing MSF's experience with remote management in Somalia and Afghanist…
The Evolution from Integrated Missions to ‘Peace Keepers on Steroids’
In the two decades that followed the traumatic events in Rwanda and Srebrenica, the paradigms of both international aid and international military action have profoundly changed. By 2008, strong political missions combined with robust peacekeeping operations, under the new doctrine of ‘Integrated Missions’, had become the norm for un involvement in conflict. This article will argue, illustrated by three examples in Afghanistan, Somalia and Mali, …
From remote control to remote management, and onwards to remote encouragement? The evolution of MSF's operational models in Somalia and Afghanistan
This Opinion Note continues the discussion started in Antonio Donini and Daniel Maxwell's “From Face-to-Face to Face-to-Screen: Remote Management, Effectiveness and Accountability of Humanitarian Action in Insecure Environments”, published previously in the Review, by exposing the realities of Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) struggle with the issue of remote management. By reviewing MSF's experience with remote management in Somalia and Afghanist…
The Politics of Fear
Although Ebola and similar hemorrhagic fevers have occurred in the past, both the numbers and geographic spread of the 2014-15 West African Ebola epidemic were unprecedented. Ebola and the associated risks drove an improvised, sometimes ineffective, response from political and medical authorities. Fear, rather than rational planning, drove many decisions made at population and leadership levels. Institutions, practices, economies, and governments…
Everybody's War
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Global Security and Public Health (3 works) · Global Peace and Security Dynamics (2 works) · International law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Accountability (1 work)