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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: Lebanon
Being Foreign Secretary for the day – preventing another Houla?
Our response to the grotesque massacre in Houla, Syria, suggests a despairing awareness that short of military intervention, which no one wants, there is little we can do to resolve the emerging sectarian civil war. My own view is that while an … Continue reading
Posted in British Foreign Policy, Ecumenism, Middle East
Tagged Houla, Lebanon, President Assad, Responsibility to Protect, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, sanctions, Syria
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