The World Economy in Turmoil0

• Analysis
• November 3, 2011

Recession is again at the world economy’s door, with confidence plummeting and investors, businesses and consumers lacking the trust in the future that is necessary to create economic growth. In Europe, the euro crisis seemed to have reached some kind …

Protection Racket0

• Analysis
• November 1, 2011

The Responsibility to Protect may indeed protect some civilians, but unfortunately it also facilitates atrocities against others. Writing last week about the end of NATO’s mission in Libya, Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock proclaimed it as ‘A victory for the …

NATO: Power and Principles in the Contemporary Era0

• Analysis
• November 1, 2011

On Oct. 27, the United Nations Security Council voted to end international military operations in Libya as of November 1. For NATO, the completion of its mission in Libya represents a rare clear-cut victory. As Michael Clarke, director of the …

NATO’s Success in Libya0

• Analysis
• October 31, 2011

This post first appeared on the CIC’s Roundtable blog at opencanada.org.

NATO’s operation in Libya formally ends at midnight today. All told, its aircraft conducted almost 10,000 strike missions over 7 months. When the mission began, many commentators warned …

Did Canada Play a “Critical” Role in Libya?0

• Analysis
• October 28, 2011

Prime Minister Stephen Harper continues to take bows for Canada’s involvement in the Libya mission. “Canada has played a critical role both politically and militarily to protect innocent civilians against a cruel and oppressive regime,” he said in a statement…

Mission incomplète0

• Analysis
• October 28, 2011

par Justin Massie

Published in La Presse.ca, October 27, 2011

La guerre en Libye est maintenant terminée, du moins celle dans laquelle sont engagés les Occidentaux, avec la mort du dictateur Mouammar Kadhafi. Selon le ministre des Affaires étrangères, …

When More is Less: The Commonwealth and Human Rights0

• Analysis
• October 28, 2011

The Prime Minister arrives today in Perth, Australia, for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), straight into a debate over human rights. Some Commonwealth members want the organisation to take a much stronger stand when other members breach …

‘Conflict Minerals’, Canada and African Civil Wars0

• Analysis
• October 26, 2011

The global campaign against so-called ‘conflict minerals’ is gathering pace, with Canada playing a central role.The campaign is primarily focused on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), from where reports about ‘rape’ or ‘blood’ cellphones’ have fueled our …

A Victory for the Responsibility to Protect0

• 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 …