Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock/Toronto Star: What is happening today in Iran, Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan has nothing to do with R2P (Responsibility to Protect). The governments conducting or supporting these actions have not claimed its authority. Instead they are invoking the old, lawless logic of raw power that R2P was built to delegitimize.
That brings us to Canada and to why this moment demands more than scrambling to please Donald Trump while claiming to adhere to international norms. The United States has abandoned multilateral commitments. Great powers are acting with impunity. The Security Council is paralyzed. In that sad state of affairs, Canada has both the obligation and the opportunity to lead…