R2P Down But Not Out After Libya and Syria0

• Analysis
• September 18, 2013

By Gareth Evans

Published on the openDemocracy blog, September 9, 2013. This essay is part of a symposium on R2P and the human rights crisis in Syria, guest edited by David Petrasek.

The lack of consensus in the …

With Syria, the US and Britain Are Trapped in the Past0

• Analysis
• September 17, 2013

Published in the Huffington Post Canada, September 16, 2013

William Faulkner’s most brilliant insight was his quip that “The past is never dead, it is not even past.” It is the past that is now befuddling the most strategic …

R2P: Hindrance Not A Help in the Syrian Crisis0

• Analysis
• September 17, 2013

Published on the openDemocracy blog September 13, 2013. This essay is part of a symposium on R2P and the human rights crisis in Syria guest edited by David Petrasek.

The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine was developed to forge consensus …

Russia is a Beacon of Sanity About Syria0

• Analysis
• September 10, 2013

Published in the Ottawa Citizen, September 9, 2013

Russia-bashing and Putin-bashing, always fairly popular, have been much in fashion of late. Having lived for a while in Russia and before that the Soviet Union, as well as having devoted …

The G20 at Five: More Technocratic and Less Visionary0

• Analysis
• September 10, 2013

While media attention was focussed on Syria, the G20 issued its most detailed communiqué in its five-year history. It includes commitments to work together on a  wide range of issues: strong and sustainable economic growth, unemployment and underemployment (particularly among …

Syria and Obama’s Flawed Logic of Message-Sending0

• Analysis
• September 4, 2013

Published in the Toronto Star, September 4, 2013

In announcing his plan last Saturday to put the prospect of Syrian intervention to a Congressional vote, President Obama posed a ringing question to his domestic and global audience: “What message …

On Law, Policy, and (Not) Bombing Syria0

• Analysis
• September 3, 2013

Ian Hurd is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University

The debate sparked by Syria’s chemical weapons attack includes at least three separate controversies: 1) which (if any) international legal instruments govern Syria’s use of chemical weapons; 2) …

Indecent Proposals: Why the Fraser Institute is Wrong on Immigration0

• Analysis
• September 3, 2013

Published September 9, 2013 on the Broadbent Blog

My best guess is that the Fraser Institute expects no one to read the report behind their newest sensationalist press release, in which they claim that the cost of immigrants to Canada …

Ready for Another Great Season at CIPS0

• Analysis
• September 3, 2013

We’ve been working hard to prepare an excellent series of fall events at CIPS. Here are a few highlights:

• Next week, CIPS will present talks by the celebrated Pakistani journalist and author Ahmed Rashid, and by one of the

Looking Back at Kosovo Can Move the Syria Conflict Forward0

• 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 …