On the Ground in Mosul: Protecting Civilians from Modern Warfare

On the ground in Mosul, FSI senior fellow Paul Wise joined a small team to evaluate the World Health Organization (WHO)'s efforts to treat civilian casualties of war. What he found was a city destroyed but also a remarkable resilience as Iraqis begin to rebuild.

The fighting in Mosul is only one example of how war is changing, and humanitarian organizations are working to alter their tactics. Wise leads a group of researchers at Stanford that is evaluating how modern warfare affects civilians and plans to work with humanitarian organizations to adjust their responses.

Wise is the Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society at Stanford Health Policy.

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