How can sustainable peace be achieved? This question surely stands as one of humankind’s most pressing imperatives, as a glance at today’s headlines will reveal. The answer, likely a bouquet of interconnected insights, is in high demand. Historically, the Versailles Peace Treaty, which left Germany humiliated and vindictive, taught statesmen and diplomats that peace cannot…
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Article Review 24 on “When Duty Calls: A Pragmatic Standard of Humanitarian Intervention.”
Robert Pape adds to a growing literature that is trying to develop a more cohesive approach to controlling or mitigating episodes of genocide and mass atrocity violence. His call for a more pragmatic approach is certainly laudable and his claims that the world has not fared well in preventing past genocides is certainly correct. Overall,…