Gerry O'Reilly is an Associate Professor of Geography at Dublin City University (DCU), with research interests in geopolitics, development, and political-economic and cultural geography. His teaching focuses on Geopolitics and Humanitarian Action, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Spaces of Memory. Before joining the DCU in 1997, he held lectureship and research posts at University College Dublin and the Universities of Durham, Tunis, and Algeria-Annaba, and served as a Visiting Professor at Ohio State University, Columbus. Regarding Humanitarian Action and Geopolitics and as a Faculty member of ECHO (EU Humanitarian Office) - NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Action), he was an Erasmus Mundus Visiting Fellow at Western Cape University, RSA (2009), Toronto York University (2008) and Columbia University, NY (2007). Gerry is currently Vice President of EUROGEO - EAG (European Association of Geographers).

• Introduction.- Part I: Conflict and Power.- Conflict and Geopolitics.- Territoriality: Identity, State and Nation Revisited.- The Causes of Conflict.- Can Democracy be all Things to all People.- Part II: Humanitarian Action: Development Concepts.- Aligning Humanitarian Action, Development and Geopolitics.- Vulnerability, Crises and Famine Versus Sustainable Development. Development – Ideals and Back to Basics.- Part III: Geopolitics and Global Governance.- Geopolitics and International Organization.- Part IV: Conclusions and Further Learning.- Conclusions.- Autonomous Learning; Activities and Revision.

Gerry O'Reilly is an Associate Professor of Geography at Dublin City University (DCU), with research interests in geopolitics, development, and political-economic and cultural geography. His teaching focuses on Geopolitics and Humanitarian Action, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Spaces of Memory. Before joining the DCU in 1997, he held lectureship and research posts at University College Dublin and the Universities of Durham, Tunis, and Algeria-Annaba, and served as a Visiting Professor at Ohio State University, Columbus. Regarding Humanitarian Action and Geopolitics and as a Faculty member of ECHO (EU Humanitarian Office) - NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Action), he was an Erasmus Mundus Visiting Fellow at Western Cape University, RSA (2009), Toronto York University (2008) and Columbia University, NY (2007). Gerry is currently Vice President of EUROGEO - EAG (European Association of Geographers).

• Introduction.- Part I: Conflict and Power.- Conflict and Geopolitics.- Territoriality: Identity, State and Nation Revisited.- The Causes of Conflict.- Can Democracy be all Things to all People.- Part II: Humanitarian Action: Development Concepts.- Aligning Humanitarian Action, Development and Geopolitics.- Vulnerability, Crises and Famine Versus Sustainable Development. Development – Ideals and Back to Basics.- Part III: Geopolitics and Global Governance.- Geopolitics and International Organization.- Part IV: Conclusions and Further Learning.- Conclusions.- Autonomous Learning; Activities and Revision.

Gerry O'Reilly is an Associate Professor of Geography at Dublin City University (DCU), with research interests in geopolitics, development, and political-economic and cultural geography. His teaching focuses on Geopolitics and Humanitarian Action, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and Spaces of Memory. Before joining the DCU in 1997, he held lectureship and research posts at University College Dublin and the Universities of Durham, Tunis, and Algeria-Annaba, and served as a Visiting Professor at Ohio State University, Columbus. Regarding Humanitarian Action and Geopolitics and as a Faculty member of ECHO (EU Humanitarian Office) - NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Action), he was an Erasmus Mundus Visiting Fellow at Western Cape University, RSA (2009), Toronto York University (2008) and Columbia University, NY (2007). Gerry is currently Vice President of EUROGEO - EAG (European Association of Geographers).

• Introduction.- Part I: Conflict and Power.- Conflict and Geopolitics.- Territoriality: Identity, State and Nation Revisited.- The Causes of Conflict.- Can Democracy be all Things to all People.- Part II: Humanitarian Action: Development Concepts.- Aligning Humanitarian Action, Development and Geopolitics.- Vulnerability, Crises and Famine Versus Sustainable Development. Development – Ideals and Back to Basics.- Part III: Geopolitics and Global Governance.- Geopolitics and International Organization.- Part IV: Conclusions and Further Learning.- Conclusions.- Autonomous Learning; Activities and Revision.