75 years on, why is the UN Genocide Convention so hard to enforce?
Often states deliberate and debate while people die.
Peru’s military say Shining Path insurgents killed 16 civilians. Others are not so sure.
Here’s how the politics of fear — and the legacy of old violence — may factor into Sunday’s voting.
A special Kosovo war crimes court will try its ex-president. So how do ‘hybrid’ courts work?
Courts that are simultaneously domestic and international can help overcome suspicions about fairness
Covid-19 reveals how China’s internal politics now affect the whole world
What happens in Wuhan doesn’t stay in Wuhan
Trump threatens ‘sanctions like they’ve never seen’ if Iraq evicts U.S. forces. Can Iraq do it?
It’s likely that Iraq will expel U.S. forces.
This inflammatory ad reveals why Republican women of color have a hard time getting elected
What we can learn from how former lawmaker Mia Love upheld the GOP’s racial narratives — until she didn’t.
The Islamic State as an ordinary insurgency
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How Much Does History Help Us Predict the Success of a Syrian Intervention?
The empirical studies that Erica Chenoweth has highlighted in the
Do Educated Ethnic Minorities Choose Nonviolent Resistance?
Renat Shaykhutdinov has an interesting piece in the July 2011