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Welcome to my blog - I'm Charles Reed and I advise the Church of England on foreign policy issues.
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Tag Archives: Humanitarian Intervention
Syria and the Ethics of Intervention
When is an intervention not an intervention? In the case of Syria it is when it is done covertly. In many ways the public and political debate as to whether we should or shouldn’t intervene militarily in Syria is largely … Continue reading
Posted in Defence, Middle East
Tagged Covert Intervention, Free Syria Army, Humanitarian Intervention, Syria
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…. but was it necessary, legal and right?
Earlier this week David Cameron used a statement on the rapidly changing situation in Libya to re-state his belief that the decision to deploy military force to support the Libyan people was necessary, legal and right. Do you agree? Military … Continue reading
Posted in Libya
Tagged David Cameron, Humanitarian Intervention, Just War, Libya, Pacifism, R2P, UN
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