What makes a dictator pack his bags?
We all want to see Gaddafi and Assad face their just deserts, but politicians have to reconcile justice with pragmatism. Click here to read the full article
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We Must Hold Firm on Libya
Civilian deaths have led to doubts over Nato’s Libya campaign. Yet to stop now would be a huge defeat for humanitarian order
Article by David Owen, published in The Guardian, Thursday, 23 June, 2011
Nato’s operation in the air over …
Extract from Nuclear Papers
Extract from Lord Owen’s book, Nuclear Papers (Liverpool University Press, 2009)
Some Republicans are trying to attack President Obama for his decisions in the nuclear field in the mistaken belief that they represent weakness in the face of Russian protests. …
Declare Misrata A Safe Haven
Article on Libya by The Rt Hon Lord Owen Published in the The Times Tuesday, 19 April 2011
When I first advocated on Monday, 21 February a no-fly-zone over Libya to protect Libyan citizens from the overwhelming military superiority of …
Lord Owen on the Tory government’s “schizophrenic” approach to the Middle East crises
Published in the Daily Mirror Friday, 18 March 2011
If you are watching the crises unfold throughout the Middle East, Britain’s approach might seem schizophrenic.
While the UK’s official response to crackdown in Libya was vocal against the Libyan authorities …
Our shameful mishandling of evil
Published in the Sunday Times Sunday, 27 February 2011
For now the priority must be safeguarding the people of Libya, but Western powers must take a long, hard look at how it got this far at all
The appalling handling …
