Humanitarian actors can find themselves caught between the need to respect humanitarian principles, and the necessity of striking deals in order to fulfill organizational mandates or operational imperatives. This podcasts examines why. Expert commentators: Claude Bruderlein, Strategic Advisor to the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross; Rasmus Egendal, Country Director, World Food Program, Jordan; Alain Lempereur, Director of the Graduate Program in Coexistence and Conflict at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University; Lucio Melandri, Humanitarian Affairs Adviser, UNICEF Jordan
