Syria

Providing asylum should be just as valued as a response in R2P cases, including the Syrian crisis.

Veteran humanitarian worker François Audet discusses the dilemmas ISIS has created for crisis-response operations.

The widespread displacement ISIS has caused will have consequences for years to come.

How many fighters? How many countries fighting ISIS? How many refugees?

When states are ineffective, civil society groups become key to bridging the ‘responsibility gap’.

Canada’s former defence attaché to Turkey reflects on the rise of ISIS, and the falling apart of Syria

As Canada’s military campaign expands in the Middle East, questions arise as to the motives for engagement. By David McDonough.

Is the current Canadian military campaign too risky, costly or inaccessible for the media to cover? Watch our panel.

It won’t be Kandahar II, but there are practical and legal reasons why Iraq makes for an easier military choice than Syria. By Steve Saideman

For the millions who felt empowered by events in Tahrir Square, a democratic awakening has been postponed but not smothered, argues Jeremy Kinsman.

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.

Are oil and gas being left out of current conflict narratives? By John Foster.

What you need to know about “the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era.”

Jason Ralph on why the strikes are not only legitimate but also potentially legal.

The good news is the IS may disappear as quickly as it appeared. The bad news is those fighters may be headed home.

Jean Daudelin on why its time to reconsider the borders in the Middle East.

Stephen Saideman looks at why Canada is getting involved with a country it avoided for so long.

Canadians have a responsibility to stand with those who have showed strength in the face of civil war, argue Kyle Matthews and Ecem Oskay.

Over 50 countries are pushing for the UN Security Council to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court. Why, asks Naomi Kikoler, is Canada not one?

Putin is not the sole obstacle holding the world back. By Ramesh Thakur.