Violence Articles

Shades of Abu Ghraib

Alistair Horne | Oct 27, 2009
The grisly subject of torture is back with us again. A look back at the dark days of de Gaulle's struggle to hold onto Algeria reveals consequences that echo loudly in our newest fight to retain what it means to be civilized.

Detention Nation

Karen J. Greenberg | Apr 27, 2009
George W. Bush’s policies toward terror detainees were perhaps some of his most jaw-dropping. Barack Obama came to office promising to change course. So far, he has done little. It remains to be seen whether the president can—or wants to—develop a

Straw Man in the Wind

Thomas Homer-Dixon | Jan 02, 2008
In his article "What Resource Wars?" David Victor argued that the threat of resource wards is exaggerated. Thomas Homer-Dixon responds.

Debating Disaster: The World Is Not Enough

Thomas Homer-Dixon
Michael T. Klare
Sherri W. Goodman
Paul J. Kern
David G. Victor
| Jan 02, 2008
In the previous issue of The National Interest, David Victor argued that the threat of resource wars is exaggerated.

The Death of Conquest

Anna Simons | Mar 01, 2003
We don't "do" conquest anymore--but the new anti-conquest norm has had several unforeseen consequences. Some are proving very worrisome.

Courting Danger

John R. Bolton | Dec 01, 1998
Advocates of a permanent international court to try perpetrators of war crimes and other "crimes against humanity" achieved a major success in July 1997.

The Demons of Kosovo

Warren Zimmerman | Jun 01, 1998
The competing claims of Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo have been hopelessly tangled in the webs of history and myth.

Africa's Murderous Professors

Michael Chege | Dec 01, 1996
In his much-praised History of the Jews, Paul Johnson reminds us that through the ages European "anti-Semitism was fueled not just by vulgar rumor but by the deliberate propaganda of intellectuals."

International Crime and Punishment

Alfred P. Rubin | Sep 01, 1993
The idea of an international criminal court is supported by many people and now has moved from the lobbying of lawyers and moralists to an area of practical action.

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