This study examines the advantages, limitations and implications of using foreign military assets as part of the international response after major natural disasters. It provides an overview of recent developments in the use of foreign military assets based on primary and secondary data. The cases examine the response to: floods and cyclones in Mozambique in 2000; the 2004 floods and tropical windstorms in Haiti; the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami; and the 2005 South Asian earthquake. 

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