War Crimes

A warning as history grimly echoes in Ukraine

Politics & Society

A warning as history grimly echoes in Ukraine

Atrocities in Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine recall the horrific memories of the Katyn massacre and Soviet denials

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Arts & Culture

Scientist and killer: A split life

How does an urbane chemist become a Nazi, then go back to being a respected researcher? And what does it say about the extent of the humanity in all of us?

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Politics & Society

How do you judge tough military decisions?

New research investigates the role of hindsight in difficult military decisions and how the outcome of that decision can bias our judgement of whether it was proportionate or even legal

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Politics & Society

Crimes against humanity

A century of retributive humanitarianism: The 2015 London School of Economics-University of Melbourne Annual Lecture with Gerry Simpson

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