The Global Exchange: Rights, R2P, and Canada's Place in the World with Michael Ignatieff

The CGAI Podcast Network

For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Michael Ignatieff about the successes and failures about the Responsibility to Protect, and Canada's role in the world in light of this. // Participants' bios - Michael Ignatieff is Rector Emeritus and Professor of History at Central European University. A scholar and author of many books, Michael has taught at the University of British Columbia, Cambridge University, the University of Toronto, the London School of Economics and Harvard University, where he was Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. He was also Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011. Michael is a member of the Order of Canada. // Host bio: Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson // Read & Watch: - "How Democracies Die", by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562246/how-democracies-die-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt/ // Recording Date: April 30, 2024.