In recent weeks many people, including students, have asked me what I think about armed intervention in Syria. I must confess that the deaths of the Syrian people at the hands of their government’s troops (UN estimates are...
Read MoreOver at Religion & Ethics Newsweekly, Kim Lawton interviews Notre Dame’s Gerard Powers who reassesses the US/NATO intervention underway in Libya. It’s a brief piece, but I think Powers raises the right concerns:...
Read MoreIn her post on March 28th, Meghan Clark rightly brings up the “responsibility to protect” (R2P) in connection with UN Resolution 1973 concerning Libya. Since there appears to be a lack of familiarity with R2P in the U.S., I...
Read MoreIn tonight’s speech, President Obama had a steep mountain to climb. He needed to explain the United States role in enforcing the United Nations Libyan No-Fly Zone to the American people. Did he accomplish this goal? ...
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