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...
Feb 5, 2020 | Politics & Society
Global conflicts have become increasingly more complex, and often, external nations choose to intervene. However, interventions can often be indirect in the form of proxy actors. Why do states choose to use third parties to intervene in other nation’s civil wars and...
Aug 29, 2018 | Politics & Society
By James Crossland James Crossland looks at the history of humanitarians under attack. The evacuation of 422 White Helmet volunteers from Syria seemingly marks the end of a daring five-year humanitarian mission in one of the world’s most war torn countries. Founded...
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...