President Biden said that Vladimir Putin had committed war crimes, after news emerged of mass civilian murders in Bucha, Ukraine. Three stories from our archive explain what this means.
- Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
Rusia ha perpetrado ataques generalizados contra la población civil de Ucrania, que incluyen asesinatos, secuestros, violaciones, torturas y deportaciones masivas. Dada la magnitud de la violencia, las advertencias de genocidio deben tomarse muy en serio.
There are a few warning signs that genocide is happening. In the Russian war on Ukraine, all of those are present.
Vladimir Putin has justified his invasion of Ukraine with baseless claims that Ukraine is committing genocide. It isn’t the first time a political leader has cried genocide for political means.
Ostensibly protesting an election they may have thought was stolen, their actions fed a larger set of goals that American militants are seizing upon to take more extreme action.
Many people are concerned about far-right extremism. But they may not understand the real threat.
On the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, we asked scholars to reflect on the significance of Armenian insistence on remembering and Turkey’s insistence that the genocide never happened.
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