For this episode of the Global Exchange podcast, Colin Robertson talks with Lloyd Axworthy, Michael Manulak, and Allan Rock about the concept of a UN Trusteeship for Palestine, and what Canada's role could be in finding a political resolution to the conflict. //

You can find their recent article for Foreign Affairs here: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/trusteeship-palestine //

Participants' bios

- Lloyd Axworthy is Chair of the World Refugee and Migration Council. He was Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2000.

- Michael Manulak is an Assistant Professor at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University.

- Allan Rock is President Emeritus of the University of Ottawa. He was Canadian Minister of Justice from 1993 to 1997 and Canadian Ambassador to the UN from 2003 to 2006. //

Host bio:

Colin Robertson is a former diplomat and Senior Advisor to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, www.cgai.ca/colin_robertson //

Read & Watch:

- Diplomatic documents from the Canadian archives: https://www.international.gc.ca/gac-amc/history-histoire/external-relations_relations-exterieures.aspx?lang=eng

- The works of the late Nobel Prize Winner Alice Munro: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Alice-Munro/author/B000APECX6?

- "Free and Equal", by Daniel Chandler: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743628/free-and-equal-by-daniel-chandler/ //

Recording Date: May 17, 2024.