Shifts in the humanitarian space? Examining NGO–military engagements during the 2017 crisis in Marawi, Philippines

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ID6041215
AutoresRosalie Arcala Hall (0000-0001-8601-5278, University of the Philippines Visayas, autor correspondente), Imelda Deinla, Imelda B Deinla (0000-0002-8230-3050, Ateneo de Manila University)
Ano2021
Volume13
Fascículo3
Páginas349-365
Data de publicação2021-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian Politics & Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1943-0787 • E-ISSN: 1943-0779
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/aspp.12588
OpenAlexW3168867773
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas26

The increase in military deployments for operations other than war, and their co‐location with humanitarian actors prompt an examination of how operational engagements are blurring boundaries between the two. Military‐initiated coordination structures that bridge civilian and military spheres of activities are seen as signs of the securitization of the humanitarian space. Examining the dynamics between deployed Philippine military units and local non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) in the humanitarian response to the 2017 Marawi siege, the former physically separated and subsumed humanitarian actions to kinetic goals. Using data from 48 interviews of commanders, NGO representatives and local government officials in 2018‐2019, military‐NGO interface was limited by military restrictions on mobility and by having a separate coordination platform benefiting soldiers and evacuees, respectively. Humanitarian NGOs are more willing to work with and are differential to the securitized space compared to human rights‐based NGOs

Armed conflict · Business · Humanitarian aid · Humanitarian crisis · Internally displaced person · Military operation · Military personnel · Political science · Securitization · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Peacebuilding and International Security