When a leading UN humanitarian spoke to The National in Davos this week about the future of aid work, he did not paint a rosy picture. Tom Fletcher – the UN’s undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief co-ordinator – described a “more transactional world” in which “hard power, raw power” was the main currency.
Looking around the globe in early 2026, it is difficult to disagree. Conflicts old and new continue to rage from Sudan to Ukraine.
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