Interview – Kate Ferguson
Kate Ferguson talks to us about identity-based violence, the rise in mass-atrocities, the effectiveness of R2P, and the relationship between academia and policy-making.
Review – East Asia’s Other Miracle: Explaining the Decline of Mass Atrocities
Bellamy’s text studies the remarkable decline of mass atrocities in East Asia since their peak and analyses the factors that fostered and hindered this phenomenon.
Review Feature – The Armenian Genocide
The Armenian Genocide is rarely front page news, but it roils in the background as Turkey continues to struggle with its very large non-Turkish Muslim population.
Sudan’s President Bashir Was Almost Arrested and We Thought of You
If we are ever going to actually end genocide, we need to intervene while it’s happening, not apologize or regret our lack of action years later, after it ends.
Remembering Darfur: The World’s Longest Running Genocide
Lack of personal responsibility is why we failed on Darfur, and the continuing lack of accountability is why we are likely to fail again elsewhere
The Rohingya, Genocide and a New Dawn for Myanmar
Putting right the terrible suffering which has been systematically inflicted upon the Rohingya is going to require a great deal of political courage.
Remembering through Your Gut
This year Holocaust commemoration also marks the 70th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation. The focus is on the suffering of the victims and the courage of the survivors.
BBC and Genocide in Rwanda: Conflict of Competence over Post-Genocide Narrative
Told or untold, known or unknown, the story of the Rwandan genocide still rouses raw passions and powerful emotions.
Generous Hearts and Stubborn Minds
The military might of Sudan regime would not prevail as long as the women of Nuba have the generosity to share their last gourd of beer with a stranger in distress.
Review – Balkan Genocides: Holocaust and Ethnic Cleansing
Mojzes’ analysis of Balkan genocides of the 20th Century imparts vital facts on mass violence, but is dented by insufficient knowledge of legal frameworks.
