Syria: the Charade of Humanitarian Intervention
Tales of ostensibly noble efforts to avert catastrophic human suffering have sanitized the complicity of U.S. policy.
Despite Horrific Repression, the U.S. Should Stay Out of Syria
What can we do in Syria? Unfortunately, not much.
Grand Poobah of R2P Goes All Travis Bickle on FPIF’s Zunes
Gareth Evans felt a Responsibility to Protect his checkered record.
Questioning Intervention in Syria: A Response to Anne-Marie Slaughter
Anne-Marie Slaughter, former Director of Policy Planning for the Obama administration, advises bypassing the U.N. Security Council and intervening in Syria.
In the Aftermath of Libya: a Chance to Define “Responsibility to Protect”
Libya is not a convincing precedent for intervening in Syria by arming opposition groups.
Libya and the Bully Problem
How does the principle of “first do no harm” come up against the problem of ruthless leaders?
Responsibility to Protect Gives Way to Targeted Assassination and Regime Change in Libya
NATO is shirking “Responsibility to Protect” in favor of regime change in Libya.
Taking R2P to the Next Level
The United Nations needs support and tools to fulfill its Responsibility to Protect.
Strategic Dialogue: Libya War
Robert Naiman and Ian Williams go head to head on the Libyan War.
Libya: “R2P” and Humanitarian Intervention Are Concepts Ripe for Exploitation
Can an airstrike ever be humanitarian?
Endgame for Gaddafi?
Will military intervention dislodge Gaddafi or lead to yet another quagmire?
Response to Chomsky II
Serbia, not NATO, was responsible for the human rights violations in Kosovo.
Response to Williams
Noam Chomsky replies to Ian Williams on Kosovo and East Timor.
Kosovo, East Timor, R2P, and Ian Williams
Noam Chomsky refutes Ian Williams’ claim that NATO’s bombing of Serbia in 1999 did not precipitate atrocities in Kosovo.
Ban Ki Moon and R2P
The UN secretary general has taken a forceful position on the Responsibility to Protect doctrine.