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id	eprints-31002
recordtype	eprints
institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
description	While critical authors have interrogated the roots of business logistics, this paper extends the analysis and contributes to a larger critique of the cohering field of Humanitarian Logistics (HL), noting the overlap in the logistical cartographies of militarism and humanitarianism. The focus is on the UAE’s expanding logistics space into the Horn of Africa and the production of specialised HL zones like Dubai International Humanitarian City (DIHC). The article makes three core arguments. First, a logistics lens enables us to expand the study of aid beyond immediate conflict zones, into more distant spaces often constructed as ‘stable’. Second, the placement of logistics at the core of aid delivery has been a key mechanism for inserting market imperatives into humanitarian activities. Third, this gives countries outside the advanced core, such as the UAE, power to leverage and expand their logistics space for multiple purposes, in war making, aid, and commercial activities.
format	Journal Article
author	Ziadah, Rafeef
author_facet	Ziadah, Rafeef
authorStr	Ziadah, Rafeef
author_letter	Ziadah, Rafeef
title	Circulating power: humanitarian logistics, militarism and the United Arab Emirates
publisher	Wiley
publishDate	2019
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/31002/