Whatever else Tony Blair may be right or wrong about in his autobiographical accounts, he makes a very astute observation in his interview with the BBC’s Andrew Marr, about the interconnected nature of the modern world, where a crisis in one geographical area will have impacts – economic , humanitarian, environmental and political – in many other areas....

Blair is of course thinking mostly about political problems when he makes this point: ““The essential characteristic of today’s world is its interdependence. And I don’t think a problem – a significant problem - ever remains located in one part of the world. It spreads very very quickly,” at 21.58 into his interview which can be seen at: http://bbc.in/caer7g However the interdependence he recognises is just as significant for future humanitarian crises which need to be tackled on a strategic, global scale with such organisations as the United Nations taking a continental perspective rather than focussing on an incident as if it were isolated in a particular location. HFP tackles this issue in Gaining The Future: http://ow.ly/2ykQ4