draft of new contribution to openDemocracy Many on the left think of the United States as a dangerous force in world politics, a view encouraged by the aggressive interventionism of the Bush administration. Yet the juggernaut of US military power usually moves slowly, and after the disasters of Iraq and Afghanistan, probably with some caution.… Continue reading The USA’s dangerous allies
Street politics, violence, media
An edited version of this post appeared on openDemocracy, 7 December 2010 ‘The relationship to violence is also much better, as shown by the spontaneous revulsion of the demonstrators against throwing the fire extinguisher at Millbank. There is an understanding of the need for no willed violence against people. Doubtless provocateurs will try and spoil… Continue reading Street politics, violence, media
Debate with Omer Bartov on Palestine and genocide
The genocidal character of the expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948 is discussed in the pages of the premier genocide journal, Journal of Genocide Research, in its new issue, where I debate the issue with the historian, Omer Bartov: 'The question of genocide in Palestine, 1948: a debate between Martin Shaw and Omer Bartov', Journal of Genocide Research,… Continue reading Debate with Omer Bartov on Palestine and genocide
Iraq, war and WikiLeaks: the real story
After the war logs, my latest take (on openDemocracy) on the scale of, various causes of and responsibility for civilian casualties in Iraq in the seven years since the US-UK intervention.
Global security, global social democracy
A new opinion piece for the Policy Network on the future of social democracy, responding to a contribution by Pascal Lamy.
The politics of genocide: Rwanda and the Congo
A new Open Democracy piece on the leaked UN report and the latest in Chomskyan genocide denial. Translations by Tlaxcala: La politique du génocide : Rwanda et République Démocratique du Congo La política del genocidio: Ruanda y la RD del Congo Die politische Dimension von Völkermorden: Ruanda & DR Kongo
The Holocaust, genocide studies and modern politics
A report and commentary on debates at two conferences this summer, involving Omer Bartov, Dirk Moses and others, for openDemocracy.
Interview on the ‘global state’ with the Italian paper Avvenire, 21 August 2010
English text of the interview with Damiano Palano (the published Italian version is in the PDF attached at the foot of this text): 1. When many spoke of 'unipolar age' or of ‘Empire’, you argued instead that the “West” was a “Global State”. But today the “Global State” is experiencing a deep political crisis. Is… Continue reading Interview on the ‘global state’ with the Italian paper Avvenire, 21 August 2010
The ‘global state’ after 9/11: new introduction for the Italian edition (2004).doc
Text of the new Introduction to my Theory of the Global State, published in the Italian edition (2004), and referred to in the following interview with Avvenire, 21 August 2010. Attached: Introduction to the Italian edition.doc
Palestine in an International Historical Perspective on Genocide
Here is a draft of this paper, the final version of which has now been published in Holy Land Studies, 9, 1, May 2010, and presented to the International Network of Genocide Scholars' conference at the University of Sussex on 30 June 2010. Palestine in an International Historical Perspective on Genocide.doc
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