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利比亚独裁政府倒台，R2P原则合法化

November 29, 2011
利比亚战争开创了先河，它支持国际社会采取坚定立场，反对危害民众的独裁统治者。原美国国务院官员贝内特•兰贝格（Bennett Ramberg）对近几年的战事进行了分析，并与利比亚行动进行了对比。卢旺达和斯雷布雷尼察（Srebrenica）耸人听闻的大屠杀爆发之后， 2001年，由加拿大政府牵头，多国外交官共同起草了“保护责任”原则（Responsibility to Protect，又称R2P）。该原则提出，为避免大规模人员丧生，国际社会有权采取跨国干预行动。尽管联合国大会尚未就R2P的所有条款达成最终决议，穆阿迈尔•卡扎菲（Muammar Gaddafi）叫嚣要进攻班加西（Benghazi）...

¿Quo vadis, Estados Unidos?

July 13, 2004

Lopsided Chinese-US Relations

May 9, 2013
Chinese-US relations come to the public’s attention mainly through official actions, yet linkages are conducted at two levels, observes Edward Gresser, executive director of Progressive Economy, a research program of GlobalWorks Foundation in Washington, DC. While relations among the nations’...

The World's Rubbish Dump: A Garbage Tip That Stretches From Hawaii to Japan

March 18, 2008
Humans discard massive quantities of plastic each day, and much ends up in the oceans. The non-biodegradable plastics remain intact, even after 50 years, and contribute to the ”Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” hundreds of miles of plastic floating in the Pacific. The fouled water, containing 100...

"Tsunami Effect" Likely to Hit Africa

February 24, 2005
In January, international donors quickly met the UN appeal for US$977 million for tsunami relief operations. That same month, member countries gave only US$21 million of the US$29 million requested by the UN World Food Program, resulting in ration cuts for some African nations. This disparity...

Asia Sentinel: China Empties the Seas

October 19, 2018
The Chinese have reduced fish stocks along their coastline so fishermen turn to other waters: “Today thousands of Chinese ships are trawling international waters from Guinea to Liberia and Senegal to Taiwan, Palau and Fiji and beyond to Chile and even beyond that, Chinese fishing vessels are...

Moments Before the Union, "Old" Europe Gets Cold Feet

March 3, 2004
As Europe's leaders prepare for their expansion party, they fear immigrant gate-crashers. Shada Islam notes that widespread fears of immigrants flooding Western Europe in search of employment, welfare, and health benefits has forced many governments to enact restrictions to stem this supposed...

Bloomberg: Jack Ma Sees Decades of Pain as Internet Upends Old Economy

April 24, 2017
The internet and automation are not through disrupting the economy, warns Jack Ma, co-founder of Alibaba, and “society should prepare for decades of pain” – or expect conflict. In a speech to an entrepreneurship conference in China, Ma expressed frustration that no one listened to his warnings...
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