The Caucasus war exposes a failure of global leadership. It's time for a new citizens' movement. Go to Open Democracy for the full text.
My Lai to Haditha: war, massacre and justice, Open Democracy, 17 March 2008
A thread of degenerate war and military impunity links atrocities in the Vietnam and Iraq conflicts, says Martin Shaw. Go to Open Democracy for the full text.
The genocide file: reply to Anthony Dworkin, Open Democracy, 6 March 2007
The admitted evidence of Serbian atrocities in Bosnia makes the International Court of Justice ruling self-contradictory, insists Martin Shaw. Go to Open Democracy for the full text.
Genocide: rethinking the concept, Open Democracy, 1 February 2007
An understanding of the term "genocide" that draws afresh on the experience of the last century is needed to ensure greater human security in the next, says Martin Shaw. Go to Open Democracy for the full text.
The myth of progressive war, Open Democracy, 11 October 2006
Christopher Cramer's focus on the regenerative effects of war misses both history's lessons and a change in the nature of modern war, argues Martin Shaw. Go to Open Democracy for the full text.
The International Court of Justice: Serbia, Bosnia, and genocide, 28 February 2007
The world court's decision to clear Serbia of genocide in Bosnia is an exercise in denial, says Martin Shaw. Go to Open Democracy for the full text.
Review of Hammond and Herman, eds, Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis, 2000.
Mediating denial Philip Hammond and Edward S. Herman, editors, Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis, London: Pluto, 2000. Contents: 'The West's destruction of Yugoslavia'/ The origins of denial /Denying Serbian slaughter in Kosovo /Denying genocide /Denigrating the Tribunal /Indicting the media In twenty-first century war, media are battlefields. Truth is ever more the… Continue reading Review of Hammond and Herman, eds, Degraded Capability: The Media and the Kosovo Crisis, 2000.
Reply to Kees van der Pijl on Yugoslavia, 2002
Martin Shaw Political economy and political reaction: a reply to Kees van der Pijl This paper was submitted to the Review of International Political Economy, but declined for publication In 'From Gorbachev to Kosovo: Atlantic rivalries and the re-incorporation of Eastern Europe' (Review of International Political Economy 8:2, 2001, 275-310), my colleague Kees van der… Continue reading Reply to Kees van der Pijl on Yugoslavia, 2002
Review of Gray, Modern Strategy, in Review of International Studies, 2002
Strategy and slaughter Martin Shaw Colin Gray's 'Clausewitz rules OK' was the one contribution to the Interregnum special issue of this Review that engaged the problem of modern war in general.1 Issues of war and peace were represented only patchily in a volume aiming to reflect on the 'post-Cold War' decade, but put together before… Continue reading Review of Gray, Modern Strategy, in Review of International Studies, 2002
Review of Mann, The Dark Side of Democracy, for Sociology, 2006
When a sociologist as important as Michael Mann publishes three books in just over a year, two of them clearly major works and the third on the big political questions of the day, it is clearly an event for the field. The first two are fruits of a big detour from the third volume of… Continue reading Review of Mann, The Dark Side of Democracy, for Sociology, 2006
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