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The tsunami: What can we learn from the disaster? By Jonathan William Barr

The tsunami which stuck on December 26, 2004 left Southeast Asia completely devastated as infrastructures were annihilated and over 160,000 people were reported dead. The epicentre of the quake was approximately 500 km west of the island of Banda Aceh,...Click here to read more.

Posted by Jonathan William Barr at 10:27 PM

The Responsibility to Protect, By Jonathan William Barr

If humanitarian intervention is, indeed, an unacceptable assault on sovereignty, how should we respond to a Rwanda, to a Srebrenica - to gross and systemic violations of human rights that affect every precept of our common humanity? This controversial question...Click here to read more.

Posted by Jonathan William Barr at 10:23 PM

Terrorism: An effective response? By Jonathan William Barr

It's business as usual on September 11, 2001; the morning sun shines down on New Yorkers already grinding through their daily routines. Without any warning, terror strikes. Some passer-bys - distracted for obvious reasons - look up, as a massive...Click here to read more.

Posted by Jonathan William Barr at 10:19 PM