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...intervention. A nation forfeits its sovereignty if it commits or is unable to prevent massive human-rights abuses on its soil. Should that happen, other nations can take action--using peaceful means such as diplomacy or sanctions or, if all else fails, military force--through the U.N. Security Council. Though the intent is not to replace a country's government, invoking R2P serves as a censure of it. Its message: You are doing an unacceptably poor job. We, the world, can and must do better...
...that the world agrees on the primacy of human rights over national sovereignty and has the resolve to impose that consensus--another heady assumption--on the wayward few. "I don't know how the U.N. ever passed that resolution," says Anthony Holmes, head of the Africa program at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City. "Maybe all the delegates had a great champagne reception before they signed, but I suspect that many of the countries that voted for it then would never vote for it again...
...special envoy for climate change, and with Gore's appearance on Capitol Hill, change has already come to the long-deadlocked global talks on warming. "This is a strong signal that Obama is ready to engage," says Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council. "They're set to take off like a rocket...
...afraid the Office of White House Council during the Bush administration was unconcerned about laws,” Tribe said...
...advised national military organizations—serving as the Director of Political-Military Affairs in the National Security Council and participating in the Gulf War Air Power Survey—and has written numerous award-winning books, including Winning the Next War: Innovation and the Modern Military...