May 3, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
Last week, to commemorate the start of the Ottoman genocide against Armenians, US President Joe Biden officially acknowledged the genocide. He was the first US President to do so. Why do nations deny committing genocides? What form does denial take? What are the...
Apr 26, 2021 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
After a genocide event, there are voices of remembrance by generations of past survivors. The victims live with the trauma of the experience, which is passed on to the following generations of survivors. How does this affect individuals, groups, and nation-states?...
Apr 19, 2021 | Politics & Society
After mass atrocities and crimes against humanity, how can societies reconcile? How is justice performed, and how should we recognize these crimes? What of the clash between international interests and local needs when dealing with the punishment and acknowledgement...
Jun 16, 2020 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
In 1979, Vietnam invaded Cambodia and overthrew the Khmer Rouge government. This government had committed genocide since its seizure of power in 1975. Vietnam’s motivations have been asserted in a wide range of explanations, from the advancement of communism to...
Aug 27, 2018 | Politics & Society
Democracy, the idea of governing of, for and by the people, is a long-exhausted principle, particularly in places like the United States and New Zealand. However, Michael Mann suggests that democracy may also have a dark side. Mann suggests that majorities can and do...
Aug 23, 2018 | Politics & Society, Referee
By Blaise Lidstone-White Does humanitarian intervention do more harm than good? Blaise Lidstone-White investigates. After the Armenian Genocide in 1915, the Holocaust during the Second World War, and ethnic cleansing in Darfur in the 2000s, the world said “never...
Aug 21, 2018 | Politics & Society
By Abdullah Yusuf It has been a year since the Rohingya crisis shocked the world, but what has changed? Abdullah Yusuf finds out. This August marks a full year since one of the 21st century’s worst refugee crises gripped the world’s attention. In 2017, an...
Aug 13, 2018 | Arts & Culture, Politics & Society
A unique feature of the Armenian Genocide has been the long-standing efforts of successive Turkish governments to deny its historicity and to hide its documentary evidence surrounding it. Denialists claimed that there was no central decision taken by Ottoman...
Apr 23, 2018 | Politics & Society
What are the root causes of genocide? What do historical genocides have in common? How does small-scale violence against targeted groups become genocidal? And what we can learn from the three forgotten genocides? Maria Armoudian chairs a live panel on genocide...
Jan 10, 2018 | Politics & Society
Scholars of genocide have identified nearly three-dozen situations around the world that could be considered pre-genocidal. These are states that could attempt to annihilate their ethnic and religious minorities. What have we learned from past genocides, including the...