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How uOttawa is Taking Action to Support Syrian Refugees in Canada and Around the World
- News
- May 20, 2016
The devastating civil war in Syria has resulted in the largest forced migration of people since the Second World War. To date, 13.5 million Syrians are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, including 4.8 million registered refugees and another 6.6 …
READ MORESyrians Suffer ‘Our’ Collective Failure
- Analysis
- September 10, 2013
By Allan Rock and Lloyd Axworthy
Published in the Globe and Mail, September 10, 2013
Almost a month has passed since the world learned that chemical weapons were used against the Syrian people. Apart from florid rhetoric, there still …
READ MORELooking Back at Kosovo Can Move the Syria Conflict Forward
- Analysis
- August 29, 2013
By Allan Rock and Lloyd Axworthy
Published in the Globe and Mail, August 26, 2013
President Obama seems finally ready to engage in Syria with more than hollow rhetoric. Sadly, this comes after more than 100,000 deaths, two million …
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The Human Security Network, Fifteen Years On
- Analysis
- May 21, 2013
Fifteen years ago this month, Lloyd Axworthy, then Canada’s Foreign Minister, visited Norway. He and his Norwegian counterpart, Knut Vollebaek, had become friends, having discovered during their frequent meetings that they shared a similar world view. Their collaboration had already …
READ MOREWill Barack Obama Help Syria?
- Analysis
- November 16, 2012
By Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock
Now that the U.S. Election is over…
While post-election attention focuses on the looming battle between President Obama and congressional Republicans about the fiscal cliff, it is important also to remember the abyss in …
READ MOREA Reflection on Responsibility: What Does Syria Mean for R2P?
- Analysis
- October 26, 2012
By Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock
Published in Diplomat Magazine, October 4, 2012
The world has watched in frustration as the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad of Syria has turned its weapons against its own citizens to suppress an …
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Scars of War Remain in Uganda
- Analysis
- March 17, 2012
The full article was published in the Ottawa Citizen, March 13, 2012.
By coincidence, I was in Pader, northern Uganda, last week when the video about the murderous warlord Joseph Kony, called Kony 2012, went viral. The video has …
READ MORECanadians Can Help Stop the Persecution of Iran’s Baha’i
- Analysis
- January 9, 2012
By Allan Rock and Lloyd Axworthy
With the eyes of the world on the Arab Spring, the populist struggles in Iran have faded from view. Yet some in Iran continue to face appalling levels of abuse, oppression, and injustice. The …
READ MOREA Victory for the Responsibility to Protect
- Analysis
- October 25, 2011
By Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock
Published in the Ottawa Citizen, October 25, 2011
In a fortuitous coincidence, last week’s liberation of Libya occurred exactly a decade after the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle was proposed by the Canadian-initiated …
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