MIKA AALTOLA Programme Director of the 'Global Security' research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, FinlandMARA BENADUSI Anthropologist, researcher and lecturer at the University of Catania in the Faculty of Political Sciences, Italy PAULA DUARTE LOPES Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, PortugalMARIA RAQUEL FREIRE Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies University of Coimbra, PortugalDANIELA IRRERA Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Catania, ItalyMAITE J. ITURRE Lecturer at the Administration and Political Sciences Department of the University of the Basque Country, Spain ANNICA MOORE Researcher in International Relations at the University of Lapland, Finland and Senior Advisor at the Finnish University Partnership for International Development, FinlandCLAUDIA MORSUT Research Scientist at the International Research Institute of Stavanger and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Education at the University of Stavanger, NorwayDANIELA NASCIMENTO Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, PortugalSANDRINE REVET Anthropologist and research fellow at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales in Paris, FranceROSARIO SAPIENZA Anthropologist with more than 15 years of experience in the field of social sciencesSABRINA STEIN Graduate student at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, USANORA VANAGA Doctoral student at the University of Latvia, Latvia

• List of Tables and Figures List of Acronyms Note on the Contributors Preface Introduction PART I: THEORIES AND APPROACHES Humanitarian and Emergency Policies and the Change of the Global Political System; F.Attinà Disasters: A Short History of Social Science and World Policy Perspectives; S.Revet Theoretical Departures to Disasters and Emergencies; M.Aaltola The Nexus between Security, Development and Humanitarianism: A Critical Appraisal to Multidimensional Peace Missions; M.R.Freire , P.D.Lopes  & D.Nascimento Risk Societies in World Politics: Overcoming Disasters Together; N.Vanaga PART II: CASE STUDIES Catastrophe and Containment - A Critical Analysis of the U.S. Response to the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti Annica Moore The United Nations – European Union Co-operation in Aid, Relief and Reconstruction. The Haiti Case; C.Morsut  & M.Iturre The Politics of Disaster. Coping with 'Humanitarianism' in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka; M.Benadusi The UN and Genocide: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia; S.Stein Humanitarian NGOs in Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Operations; D.Irrera 'TragiCIMICal': An Attempt at Civil and Military Cooperation in Lebanon; R.F.Sapienza Concluding Remarks References

MIKA AALTOLA Programme Director of the 'Global Security' research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, FinlandMARA BENADUSI Anthropologist, researcher and lecturer at the University of Catania in the Faculty of Political Sciences, Italy PAULA DUARTE LOPES Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, PortugalMARIA RAQUEL FREIRE Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies University of Coimbra, PortugalDANIELA IRRERA Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Catania, ItalyMAITE J. ITURRE Lecturer at the Administration and Political Sciences Department of the University of the Basque Country, Spain ANNICA MOORE Researcher in International Relations at the University of Lapland, Finland and Senior Advisor at the Finnish University Partnership for International Development, FinlandCLAUDIA MORSUT Research Scientist at the International Research Institute of Stavanger and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Education at the University of Stavanger, NorwayDANIELA NASCIMENTO Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, PortugalSANDRINE REVET Anthropologist and research fellow at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales in Paris, FranceROSARIO SAPIENZA Anthropologist with more than 15 years of experience in the field of social sciencesSABRINA STEIN Graduate student at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, USANORA VANAGA Doctoral student at the University of Latvia, Latvia

• List of Tables and Figures List of Acronyms Note on the Contributors Preface Introduction PART I: THEORIES AND APPROACHES Humanitarian and Emergency Policies and the Change of the Global Political System; F.Attinà Disasters: A Short History of Social Science and World Policy Perspectives; S.Revet Theoretical Departures to Disasters and Emergencies; M.Aaltola The Nexus between Security, Development and Humanitarianism: A Critical Appraisal to Multidimensional Peace Missions; M.R.Freire , P.D.Lopes  & D.Nascimento Risk Societies in World Politics: Overcoming Disasters Together; N.Vanaga PART II: CASE STUDIES Catastrophe and Containment - A Critical Analysis of the U.S. Response to the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti Annica Moore The United Nations – European Union Co-operation in Aid, Relief and Reconstruction. The Haiti Case; C.Morsut  & M.Iturre The Politics of Disaster. Coping with 'Humanitarianism' in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka; M.Benadusi The UN and Genocide: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia; S.Stein Humanitarian NGOs in Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Operations; D.Irrera 'TragiCIMICal': An Attempt at Civil and Military Cooperation in Lebanon; R.F.Sapienza Concluding Remarks References

MIKA AALTOLA Programme Director of the 'Global Security' research programme at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, FinlandMARA BENADUSI Anthropologist, researcher and lecturer at the University of Catania in the Faculty of Political Sciences, Italy PAULA DUARTE LOPES Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, PortugalMARIA RAQUEL FREIRE Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies University of Coimbra, PortugalDANIELA IRRERA Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Catania, ItalyMAITE J. ITURRE Lecturer at the Administration and Political Sciences Department of the University of the Basque Country, Spain ANNICA MOORE Researcher in International Relations at the University of Lapland, Finland and Senior Advisor at the Finnish University Partnership for International Development, FinlandCLAUDIA MORSUT Research Scientist at the International Research Institute of Stavanger and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Education at the University of Stavanger, NorwayDANIELA NASCIMENTO Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of Economics and Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, PortugalSANDRINE REVET Anthropologist and research fellow at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Internationales in Paris, FranceROSARIO SAPIENZA Anthropologist with more than 15 years of experience in the field of social sciencesSABRINA STEIN Graduate student at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, USANORA VANAGA Doctoral student at the University of Latvia, Latvia

• List of Tables and Figures List of Acronyms Note on the Contributors Preface Introduction PART I: THEORIES AND APPROACHES Humanitarian and Emergency Policies and the Change of the Global Political System; F.Attinà Disasters: A Short History of Social Science and World Policy Perspectives; S.Revet Theoretical Departures to Disasters and Emergencies; M.Aaltola The Nexus between Security, Development and Humanitarianism: A Critical Appraisal to Multidimensional Peace Missions; M.R.Freire , P.D.Lopes  & D.Nascimento Risk Societies in World Politics: Overcoming Disasters Together; N.Vanaga PART II: CASE STUDIES Catastrophe and Containment - A Critical Analysis of the U.S. Response to the 2010 Earthquake in Haiti Annica Moore The United Nations – European Union Co-operation in Aid, Relief and Reconstruction. The Haiti Case; C.Morsut  & M.Iturre The Politics of Disaster. Coping with 'Humanitarianism' in Post-tsunami Sri Lanka; M.Benadusi The UN and Genocide: A Comparative Analysis of Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia; S.Stein Humanitarian NGOs in Peacebuilding and Reconstruction Operations; D.Irrera 'TragiCIMICal': An Attempt at Civil and Military Cooperation in Lebanon; R.F.Sapienza Concluding Remarks References