What is the role of memory during political transitions?
Memory from the Margins: Ethiopia’s Red Terror Martyrs Memorial Museum
Read moreMemory from the Margins: Ethiopia’s Red Terror Martyrs Memorial Museum
Read moreWidespread and systematic violence against civilians–mass atrocities–is a priority for the WPF because of the devastating human, social, political and economic
Read moreMy article, “The ‘Politics of Protection’: Assessing the African Union’s Contributions to Reducing Violence Against Civilians” is now available through
Read moreThis is the second half of a two part extended version of an essay published in the London Review of Books
Read moreThis is the first half of a two part extended version of an essay published in the London Review of Books
Read moreMy research over the past year has returned to a topic I once spent a great deal of time thinking
Read moreClaire Smith, a political scientist at York University and one of our collaborators on the how mass atrocities end project,
Read moreOn September 5, 2013 we argued in The New York Times against the Obama Administration’s proposal to respond to the crossing of a red line in Syria – use of chemical weapons against civilians – by arguing that bombing for bombing’s sake was ill-conceived as punishment, failed to protect civilians and hindered peacemaking.
The question was not then, as it is not now, whether gassing civilians is acceptable. It is illegal and atrocious. The question remains one of the best strategy for protecting civilians and how use of force might play a part in service of this goal. Ending atrocities can have a military component, but ultimately it demands a political agenda and strategy.
Read moreThe WPF program on mass atrocities, defined as widespread and systematic violence against civilians, primarily focuses on studying patterns of
Read moreWe have just launched a compendium of 40 case studies of mass atrocity endings. The case studies (look here for
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