Case Analysis
1. Under what conditions or for what reasons, if any, should a country reject international
humanitarian disaster relief aid?
2. To what extent is the pathway of cooperation and conflict on international humanitarian
disaster relief aid nonpolitical? If it is not, should it be nonpolitical? How might this be done?
3. Select another recent case of international humanitarian disaster relief and compare it to
Haiti. What similarities exist? What differences do you see?
4. How much responsibility do nonprofit organizations bear for the problems that arose in
Haiti?
5. What are the responsibilities and obligations of the host government when an international
disaster relief humanitarian aid effort is being undertaken within a country?
6. Who should be in charge of international disaster relief humanitarian aid efforts on the
ground?
7. Who should determine when the pathway being travelled by those providing international
disaster relief humanitarian aid to a country should come to an end—the host government or
those donating aid?
8. How would you measure the amount of human security existing in a country?
