Libya

States have never been moral actors and R2P has failed to compel them to act. It is time to rethink how we protect communities at risk.

As Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya demonstrate, regime-change is one thing. State-building is quite another. By Steve Saideman.

If we want to make R2P’s hope of “never again” a reality, we need to turn away from the critique of sovereignty and the example of Libya, argues John Duncan.

Politics trumps any moral obligation to intervene in a conflict argue Derek Burney and Fen Hampson. Just look at Syria.

It’s time for proponents of R2P to face up to the facts argues Robert Murray.

Steve Saideman on what NATO’s involvement in Afghanistan and Libya can teach us about sharing the military burden as defence budgets shrink.

Claire Schachter on the year Libya has had and the challenges it still faces.

Romeo Dallaire, Art Eggleton, and Martha Hall Findlay on Canada and the Responsibility to Protect.

Daryl Copeland considers the the competing demands of effective diplomacy and optimal security.

Lieutenant General Charles Bouchard talks to the CIC-Montreal Branch’s Kyle Matthews.

When war no longer comes with a political risk, what does that mean for democracy?

It’s a give and take relationship. An infographic on what Canada has given NATO and what it hasn’t.

Mark Kersten isn’t sure the ICC registered with Gadhafi.

Steve Saideman explains why having one military for many countries is just unrealistic.

The UN passed a resolution on Libya, but not on Syria. Jennifer Welsh explains what has changed in a year.

When RoboCop replaces Private Jackson: Brookings’ Peter Singer on the impact of technology on war.

Jennifer Welsh considers NATO’s decision against a cyber attack on Libya.

In Libya “not only was the worst avoided, but the result was a remarkable success,” says Paris.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered another glimpse into his foreign […]

As Jennifer writes, “the work in Libya is not done. […]