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Responsibility to Protect (R2P) is a principle born in the wake of atrocities committed in Rwanda, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s, and officially endorsed by the United Nations in 2005 – a commitment by the international community to intervene when national leaders commit or fail to protect their citizens from mass atrocities. Featuring such experts on humanitarian interventions as Paddy Ashdown and Michael Ignatieff, this video from Thomson Reuters Foundation examines R2P’s mixed legacy and uncertain future more than a decade after its adoption by the UN and some six years into the Syrian civil war.
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Rituals and celebrations
A beginner’s guide to a joyful Persian tradition of spring renewal and rebirth
3 minutes
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Politics and government
How it looked to Afghan women to see the Taliban return to power
33 minutes
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Metaphysics
Simple entities in universal harmony – Leibniz’s evocative perspective on reality
4 minutes
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Biography and memoir
Passed over as the first Black astronaut, Ed Dwight carved out an impressive second act
13 minutes
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The ancient world
The six priestesses who kept the flame of ancient Rome alight at risk of death
5 minutes
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Engineering
A close-up look at electronic paper reveals its exquisite patterns – and limitations
9 minutes
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Architecture
West Africa was once an architectural laboratory. Is it time for a revival?
12 minutes
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Work
A Swedish expat in the Philippines wonders: what’s up with people sleeping at work?
14 minutes
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Biography and memoir
The unique life philosophy of Abdi, born in Somalia, living in the Netherlands
29 minutes