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Humanitarian Fault Lines

IIHA Fordham University

53 episodes

Humanitarian Fault Lines, from Fordham University's Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs, explores what’s not going right in the world of humanitarian affairs. Jamie McGoldrick examines why these crises have developed, and he seeks to find voices to speak on these issues and what is, or isn’t, being done to address them. Jamie also looks to find answers to some of the most challenging questions in the humanitarian world. The IIHA offers undergraduate and graduate programs, and serves the humanitarian community through intensive local training, research, webinars, conferences, exhibitions, publications and this podcast. You can find more information by visiting the Institute's website.

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  1. West Bank & Gaza: Roland Friedrich, Director of UNRWA Affairs in the West Bank

    · 39 min · S2 E26

    Jamie speaks with Roland Friedrich, Director of UNRWA Affairs in the West Bank. They discuss how UNRWA is functioning across all occupied Palestine - West Bank and Gaza. Jamie asks him about recent Knesset legislation…

  2. Gaza: Georgios Petropoulos

    · 45 min · S2 E25

    Jamie speaks with Georgios Petropoulos. He’s served with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs since 2012. He completed his most recent assignment in January as Head of Suboffice in…

  3. Sudan: Jean-Guy Vataux, MSF

    · 37 min · S2 E24

    Jamie speaks with Jean-Guy Vataux, a humanitarian aid worker with MSF who has been in Khartoum and Darfur over the past 18 months. He has been stationed in many conflict areas in Africa and the Middle East over the…

  4. Syria, Israel, Gaza & Trump With Deborah Amos

    · 32 min · S2 E23

    Jamie speaks with Deborah Amos. She’s a Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence at Princeton University. Deborah is an award winning journalist who spent much of her career as an international correspondent for…

  5. Migration Crisis: William Plowright

    · 34 min · S2 E22

    Jamie speaks with William Plowright, Assistant Professor of International Security at Durham University. He’s a political scientist, humanitarian aid worker, and author with over a decade of experience. William’s most…

  6. Food & Hunger With Rein Paulsen

    · 40 min · S2 E21

    Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Rein Paulsen. He’s the Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Office of Emergency and Resilience. They discuss how climate change and conflicts are…

  7. Middle East: Peter Salisbury

    · 39 min · S2 E20

    Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Peter Salisbury. He’s an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He’s a veteran journalist, researcher, and policy analyst with more than 15…

  8. Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Mercy Corps

    · 41 min · S2 E19

    Jamie speaks with Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D’Oyen McKenna. Mercy Corps is an INGO with a worldwide presence and with a global team of 6,000 humanitarians working together on the front lines of today’s biggest crises…

  9. Gaza & Lebanon With Sean Carroll of Anera

    · 46 min · S2 E18

    Jamie is joined by Sean Carroll. He’s the CEO & President of Anera. The organization provides humanitarian assistance to refugees in the Middle East, with staff in Gaza, Lebanon, and Jordan. Before Anera, Sean served…

  10. Sudan: Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam

    · 30 min · S2 E17

    Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam. He’s the founder of the Sudan Social Development Organization (SUDO). The group works to provide basic necessities, including food, sanitation, and healthcare. He's…

  11. Mailbag

    · 35 min · S2 E16

    Jamie answers questions from listeners. The topics include Gaza and Sudan. Jamie is also asked about the diminishing role of international NGOs and what impact that has on the global humanitarian system. If you would…

  12. Deborah Doane: The INGO Problem

    · 32 min · S2 E15

    Jamie speaks with Deborah Doane. She’s been working as a leader in civil society for over 25 years. She’s a Partner of Rights CoLab and co-convenor of the RINGO Project which seeks to reimagine INGOs and their role.…

  13. Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza: Scott Anderson

    · 34 min · S2 E14

    Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Scott Anderson. He’s the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator and Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza. They spoke on August 20th and discussed the challenges UNRWA faces in the region. Scott…

  14. Ukraine: Yuliya Sporysh

    · 35 min · S2 E13

    Jamie speaks with Yuliya Sporysh. She’s the founder of the Ukrainian NGO Girls. The organization was created with a focus on sexual education and to raise awareness about gender-based violence. Since Russia's invasion…

  15. Martin Griffiths

    · 51 min · S2 E12

    Jamie speaks with Martin Griffiths. He served as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations from May 2021 until June 2024. They have a wide ranging…

  16. Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)

    · 39 min · S2 E11

    Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), speaks with Jamie McGoldrick. Prior to becoming Secretary General, Chris held field coordination roles in Sudan, Somalia, and Pakistan. The…

  17. Sudan: Omima Jabal

    · 30 min · S2 E10

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Omima Jabal on Sudan. She’s an Emergency Response Rooms member for Khartoum. Jamie asks her how ERR’s in Sudan are navigating the challenges in getting aid to communities while war…

  18. Amjad Shawa, Head of the Palestinian NGO Network in Gaza

    · 32 min · S2 E9

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Amjad Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGO network in Gaza. Amjad shares stories about life in Gaza and gives a stark assessment of what civilians are dealing with in the region. Jamie…

  19. Gaza With Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of UNRWA

    · 35 min · S2 E8

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, more commonly referred to as UNRWA. Philippe has held…

  20. Robert Mardini: ICRC, Gaza, Sudan, & The Humanitarian System

    · 50 min · S2 E7

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Robert Mardini who has a long, distinguished career in the humanitarian sector. He was part of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the ICRC, for close to three decades. He…

  21. Jamie McGoldrick & Larry Hollingworth On State Of Humanitarian Sector

    · 16 min · S2 E6

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Larry Hollingworth. Jamie served as the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory on an interim basis from January through early April. Larry is a visiting…

  22. Crisis In Gaza

    · 34 min · S2 E5

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Larry Hollingworth. Jamie served as the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory on an interim basis from January through early April. Larry is a visiting…

  23. Sudan & South Sudan With Dr. Francis Deng

    · 47 min · S2 E4

    Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Dr. Francis Deng. He has served in the United Nations as South Sudan's first independent ambassador and spent time as Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide. He’s also served as…

  24. Hunger Part 2 - Dr. Arif Husain, WFP

    · 20 min · S2 E3

    The second part of Jamie McGoldrick's conversation with Dr. Arif Husain, Chief Economist & Director of Research, Assessments & Monitoring Division at United Nations World Food at WFP. The conversation was recorded in…

  25. Hunger Part 1 - Dr. Arif Husain, WFP

    · 35 min · S2 E2

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Dr. Arif Husain, Chief Economist & Director of Research, Assessments & Monitoring Division at United Nations World Food at WFP. The conversation was recorded in late 2023. Jamie asks…

  26. Climate Action: Andrew Harper

    · 29 min · S2 E1

    Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Andrew Harper, Special Advisor to the High Commissioner for Refugees on Climate Action at the United Nations. The conversation was recorded late in 2023. A big part of Andrew’s job is…

  27. Israel / Gaza - Yuval Shany

    · 42 min · S1 E26

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Yuval Shany. He’s a lecturer in Public International Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute. He has published an essay titled…

  28. Israel / Gaza - Tania Hary

    · 41 min · S1 E25

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Tania Hary, Executive Director at Gisha - Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, an Israeli not-for-profit organization which advocates for the freedom of movement of Palestinians. The…

  29. Filippo Grandi

    · 45 min · S1 E24

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees. They start by discussing the situation in Gaza, with Jamie asking what is needed to help resolve the crisis there. The conversation…

  30. Charles Petrie - Myanmar

    · 40 min · S1 E23

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Charles Petrie, a former UN assistant secretary general with more than three decades of experience in conflict and post-conflict settings. Charles’ book, The Triumph of Evil - The…

  31. Ross Mountain

    · 44 min · S1 E22

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Ross Mountain, a senior United Nations official who was a former emergency relief coordinator and a humanitarian coordinator in the Middle East. They discuss the difficult situation in…

  32. Reena Ghelani

    · 33 min · S1 E21

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Reena Ghelani, the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General, Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator. She has over two decades of experience in the humanitarian sector, spanning…

  33. Sara Pantuliano of ODI

    · 37 min · S1 E20

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Sara Pantuliano, Chief Executive at ODI. The organization has their own podcast, Think Change, which discusses global issues fortnightly with leading experts. Sara is the Chair of the…

  34. Ugochi Daniels on Migration

    · 33 min · S1 E19

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Ugochi Daniels, Deputy Director General for Operations at the International Organization for Migration in the UN. They discuss a wide variety of topics related to migration. Jamie asks…

  35. Niger Coup & West Africa

    · 37 min · S1 E18

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Hannah Rae Armstrong, a writer and policy advisor with over a decade of field based experience in North Africa and the Sahel. Her work has been featured in the New York Times,…

  36. Dr Jemilah Mahmood

    · 39 min · S1 E17

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Dr. Jemilah Mahmood, Executive Director of the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health. She’s also had an extensive career in crisis management, which includes time at the United Nations…

  37. David Beasley

    · 46 min · S1 E16

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with David Beasley. He served as the Executive Director of the World Food Programme from 2017 until April 2023, and he’s had a long career in U.S. politics which includes over a decade in…

  38. Afghanistan

    · 36 min · S1 E15

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Afghan journalist Zahra Joya, who was named one of Time’s Women of the Year in 2022. She created Rukhshana Media in November 2020, the publication covers women’s issues in Afghanistan…

  39. Rohingya Refugee Crisis

    · 36 min · S1 E14

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Arjun Jain, UN Principle Coordinator for the Rohingya Refugee Response, about conditions in Cox’s Bazar. The location is the site of the largest refugee camp in the world with more…

  40. Niger

    · 34 min · S1 E13

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Louise Aubin, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Niger. She gives an outlook on the humanitarian crisis in the country. Aubin tells Jamie that violence and displacement are two of…

  41. Sudan

    · 39 min · S1 E12

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Alex de Waal. He is the Executive Director of the World Peace Foundation and a research professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is, most recently, co-author of…

  42. Gabriella Waaijman

    · 33 min · S1 E11

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Gabriella Waaijman, Global Humanitarian Director of Save the Children. They discuss a variety of topics on the humanitarian sector, including how aid work has evolved over the last…

  43. Haiti

    · 31 min · S1 E10

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Ulrika Richardson, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti. They discuss the complex and difficult situation in the country. The United Nations has reported an increase in…

  44. David Rieff

    · 40 min · S1 E9

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with journalist and policy analyst David Rieff, author of the seminal 2003 book A Bed For The Night. That book, and those that followed, prompted the humanitarian sector to reflect on their…

  45. Adam Abdelmoula on the Humanitarian Response in Somalia

    · 29 min · S1 E8

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Adam Abdelmoula, UN Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator in Somalia. Adam gives an overview of the crisis in the country, with climate shocks and conflict creating a…

  46. Jeremy Konyndyk, President of Refugees International

    · 43 min · S1 E7

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Jeremy Konyndyk, President of Refugees International. They go over a variety of issues in the humanitarian space. Jeremy discusses major changes he would like to see in the system,…

  47. Suzanna Tkalec on the Humanitarian Response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    · 36 min · S1 E6

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Suzanna Tkalec, Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator for the Democratic Republic of the Congo since July 2021. She discusses the current crisis in the eastern provinces and the challenges…

  48. West Bank & Gaza

    · 1 h 05 min · S1 E5

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with members of Palestinian human rights organizations on issues in the region. Tensions are high between Palestians and Israelis with a noted uptick in violence in the West Bank since the…

  49. Hugo Slim on Crises Today, Climate Change, and the Evolution of the Humanitarian Sector

    · 36 min · S1 E4

    Host Jamie McGoldrick speaks with Hugo Slim, Senior Research Fellow at the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, on a wide range of topics. They discuss crises in Haiti,…

  50. Julien Harneis On The Humanitarian Response In Pakistan

    · 35 min · S1 E3

    Host Jamie McGoldrick talks with Julien Harneis, Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan, about efforts to provide aid to a country dealing with climate disasters and skyrocketing prices. Floods in the nation have…

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