著者

Kouta Futsuki Takashi Sekiyama

出版者

Japan Association for Human Security Studies

雑誌

Journal of Human Security Studies (ISSN:24321427)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, no.1, pp.23-46, 2023 (Released:2023-04-28)

参考文献数

67

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This paper aims to contribute discussion around the humanitarian–peace nexus to apply a newly-defined negative side effect of humanitarian assistance, partisan externality to the case of Syria. The Syrian case offers a new angle in partisan externality: humanitarian organizations can virtually select which side of the war could be legitimate for humanitarian assistance. This selectivity of partisan externality raises tension among humanitarian organizations. Case research of Syrian shows the difficulty for partisan externality and the consequent tension hard to be resolved. This paper examines an opinion exchange meeting with Japanese experts involved in humanitarian projects in Syria to find clues to deal with partisan externality and hurdles to overcome.This paper contributes to the academic discourse by developing the newly defined concept of partisan externality, especially in the context of the humanitarian–peace nexus and concerns from the humanitarian side, and also in practical terms related to the Syrian case. As seen from the case research and meeting outcomes, humanitarian experts struggle with partisan externality and consequent tension among humanitarian organizations. This scenario could happen in other humanitarian operations from the Syrian case. The meeting's suggestion to explore positive peacebuilding and invest resources to generate lessons from previous operations in light of partisan externality would be suggestive to develop discussion around the humanitarian–peace nexus to mitigate concerns from the humanitarian side.