The Unbearable Lightness Of Ex-Pats: Double Binds of Humanitarian Mobility

This article addresses legacies of national origin within global forms. Focusing on tensions related to human resources, I consider the case of the humanitarian organization M´edecins Sans Fronti`eres (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders). Since 1971, MSF has grown into a large, transnational NGO sponsoring a variety of medical projects worldwide. Amid recent efforts to “decolonize” its human …