The Nato assault that prised Kosovo from Slobodan Milosevic's grip in March-June 1999 has been overshadowed by the Iraq war four years later. It deserves renewed attention both as the last of the major ex-Yugoslav conflicts and as a pioneering example of modern "risk-transfer war", says Martin Shaw. Go to Open Democracy for the full text.… Continue reading The Kosovo War Ten Years After, Open Democracy, 31 March 2009
Uses of genocide: Kenya, Georgia, Israel, Sri Lanka, 9 February 2009
The concept of genocide has become a weapon of political polemic. But the violence inflicted on civilians in four conflicts shows how it is also rooted in the logic of modern wars, says Martin Shaw. Go to Open Democracy for the full text.
Israel’s politics of war, Open Democracy, 20 January 2009
The impact of Israel's three-week assault on Gaza on the civilian Palestinian population is revealing of its true character, says Martin Shaw.Go to Open Democracy for the full text.
After the Georgia war, Open Democracy, 22 September 2008
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.
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