Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing

With Friends Like Turkey… With Friends Like Turkey…

As Turkey ramps up its outrage against a House committee vote to affirm the Armenian genocide, is anyone applauding our lawmakers' act of moral courage?

Oct 12, 2007 / Editorial / Nicole Vartanian

Whose Genocide Counts? Whose Genocide Counts?

The House Foreign Affairs Committee bravely declares the 1915 slaughter of Armenians in Turkey genocide. Why not put the same label on themselves, for their role in the Iraq catast...

Oct 11, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Had She Lived Had She Lived

A painter explores love and loss in the iconic settings of postwar Paris.

Sep 20, 2007 / Feature / Byron Dobell

Justice and Peace in Darfur Justice and Peace in Darfur

The International Criminal Court has taken a crucial step in naming two perpetrators of the violence in Darfur. But for survivors and victims of the ongoing catastrophe, much more ...

Mar 7, 2007 / Feature / Salih Mahmoud Osman

The Things They Carried The Things They Carried

The Bastard of Istanbul, a saga of two interwoven families, bravely violates Turkish taboo with its description of the Armenian genocide.

Mar 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Maria Margaronis

The Wars of Sudan The Wars of Sudan

Any solution to the slaughter in Darfur will need to address Sudan's crumbling North-South peace agreement.

Mar 1, 2007 / Feature / Alex de Waal

Seeking Justice Where There Is No Peace Seeking Justice Where There Is No Peace

As conditions worsen in Darfur, the nascent International Criminal Court, whose mandate is to bring genocidaires to justice in a chaotic environment hostile to the rule of law, is ...

May 24, 2006 / Feature / Anja Tranovich

‘Why Can’t We?’ ‘Why Can’t We?’

Confronting the forces of war, genocide and lawlessness begins with the belief that individual citizens have the power--and the responsibility--to focus our government's mind, chan...

May 23, 2006 / Feature / Samantha Power

Crime and Punishment Crime and Punishment

A recent surge of novels and memoirs reveals for the first time the ways in which Germans suffered from Allied "total war" strategy during World War II.

Sep 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Mark M. Anderson

The Perils of UN Reform The Perils of UN Reform

Long-awaited reform efforts at the United Nations have fallen far short of Kofi Annan's original vision. But despite John Bolton's antagonism, there has been progress.

Sep 22, 2005 / Editorial / Stephen Schlesinger

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