HSC Senior Fellow John Slinger writes in The Spectator about the situation in Iraq and the consequences of inaction. It’s easier to oppose than propose war. The conflict between Israel and Hamas inspired #NotInMyName on Twitter, and opposition to the ...
Read More »Senior Fellow John Slinger: ‘Never again’ to ‘Always Prevent’
The recent Halabja commemoration proves that the ‘three Rs’ of remembrance, recognition and retelling are not enough. ‘Never again’ must become ‘always prevent’.‘From Denial To Recognition. From Destruction To Construction.
Read More »Senior Fellow John Slinger: Syria Needs Our Help, Not Pity
Senior Fellow John Slinger's article published in the Huffington Post, shows Kofi Annan's exit, stage left, symbolises not the death of diplomacy, which never had more than a walk-on part in this tragedy, but instead the triumph of cynical, nihilistic realpolitik over all that is represented by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Read More »The Great Power of Human Rights is needed to make Intervention work
The most important eight words in so-called 'international law' are in Article 3 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims that all human beings are guaranteed 'the right to life, liberty and security of person.'
Read More »Senior Fellow John Slinger: This diplomatic ‘Triumph’ over Syrian WMD could be Disastrous
Senior Fellow John Slinger published in The Spectator on Russia and the United States’ diplomatic agreement on the international control and subsequent destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons. Amidst the hopefulness and optimism, the answers to this question prove disturbing. We must remember that it might take a disaster even worse than 100,000 dead and the use of WMDs against civilians
Read More »It is not enough for the West to punish Syria’s use of Chemical Weapons alone
The true danger, for those whose anguish is measured not in column inches or Newsnightdebates, but in mortal danger, lies not in bypassing the moribund and morally-flawed UN Security Council, but in framing the justification for action so narrowly.
Read More »Senior Fellow John Slinger: Syria – Lessons from History for the West
John Slinger writes in the New Statesman, that much more can be done short of an Iraq-style invasion in Syria. All too often, international events bear out the adage that "history teaches us that history teaches us nothing". Lessons from the shameful response of the international community to other crises must inform our policy on Syria
Read More »A Mass Grave and a Refugee Camp for Syrians – Iraqi Kurdistan teaches that Military Intervention can work
Two experiences stand out from my recent visit to the Kurdistan Region in Iraq: meeting refugees fleeing Syria at the Domiz refugee camp; and seeing a weeping son uncovering the body of his father, Mohammed Serspi, murdered by Saddam Hussein’s regime in the 1980s.
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