Michael Petrou

Stopping the butcher of Damascus is complicated. Some call for armed intervention, others say it will make things worse

Taner Akçam is one of the few in his country to have tackled the topic

Domestic unrest is taking a toll on the country’s economy

A summary of the sentencing is here . Maclean’s coverage of Taylor and the beginning of the trial can be read here . Maclean’s...

Libya and the International Criminal Court are at war—over who gets to stage a trial for Saif al-Islam Gadhafi

Despite the arrests and suppression of dissent, the current presidential race shows how far the country has come

One might imagine that filmed evidence of civilian thugs shooting an unarmed protester in the head while soldiers stand by and do...

Arsala Rahmani, tasked with reconciling with the Taliban, is shot dead in Kabul.

I hope readers will forgive a post that is definitely narcissistic and possibly an overreaction. Here it goes: Israeli President...

A new book illuminates a dying generation’s ongoing reluctance to admit guilt for its support of Nazism