The Stanley Foundation Builds Governance & Sustainable Peace
Global leadership is being tested at this time. If governments are not able to build global confidence in their ability to lead, then grass roots will lead by example. In truth government legitimacy is being questioned it will be interesting to learn of the answers through effective action to global challenges.
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Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect is the Heart of Conflict Resolution
The Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect is described below. The name evokes the idea that we are responsible. I would go further to say we are responsible for the world we create. When we choose responsibility then we make a decision to assist in creating a better world, one of… Continue reading
R2P: Responsibility to Protect Civilians or Interventions?
This is a transcript of a Lecture by Gareth Evans on The Responsibility to Protect.
THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT: AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME
… AND GONE?
2008 David Davies Memorial Institute Annual Lecture by Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group, University of Aberystwyth, 23 April 2008
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When the 2005 United… Continue reading
Gareth Evans: Our Common Future
I felt inspired to write this poem for Gareth Evans. I remember where I was, sitting at the National Library in Canberra. I suddenly thought of him and this was what I wrote. He responded in kind surprised that someone found him the source of inspiration. Indeed he is. He is a quiet achiever but… Continue reading
Finding Camelot in Realising The Roundtable of Universal Love
It has been interesting, I wrote a poem tonight and the word Camelot popped up. I then saw a DVD on King Arthur and the metaphors were clear for me. Truth is often hidden in metaphor, it is like a surrealist painting when suddenly you see an image within an image. That is what I… Continue reading
George Soros: Financial Turmoil in Europe and the United States
George Soros is an interesting leader, one who has played the markets and influenced countries through moving funds around. Yet is a strong advocate for open societies. He saw how private interests operated along self interest and he came to realise the importance of democracy not as a catchphrase but a foundation to an open… Continue reading