By: Mark Leon Goldberg on December 01, 2014 Gareth Evans will forever be known as the godfather of the doctrine of the Responsibility to Protect. The former foreign minister of Australia was also a pioneer in the practice of middle power “niche diplomacy,” and in this episode of the Global Dispatches Podcast Gareth Evans traces his personal and intellectual journey from a working class family in Australia to becoming one of his generation’s greatest human rights intellectuals and statesmen. Evans kicks off with a discussion of some of the big issues facing the UN Security Council then pivot to a longer conversation about Evans’ intellectual development, including powerful moments that shaped his worldview from an early age.
