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This paper draws from the works of Genocide scholars such as Daniel Feierstein to  argue that understanding the crime of…

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Have you ever questioned why you believe what you believe?   Why, for instance, do some believe the claims of Aung…

Revisionist Zionism’s settler colonialist ideology: Contributing to an ongoing genocide in Gaza (This is an edited version of an original…

Journal Article Analysis: Loescher, Gil (2001) ‘’The UNHCR and World Politics: State Interests vs. Institutional Autonomy’’, International Migration Review, 35:1,…

*(Originally submitted to the University of Leicester, Politics and International Relations Dept. on 13th June 2018) Introduction:             This essay…

Critically assess the theoretical and/or practical limits to the idea of universal human rights. *(Originally submitted to the University of…

Journal Review  Mark Muhannad Ayyash, ‘The paradox of political violence’ European Journal of Social Theory August 2013 vol. 16 no. 3,…

‘The tide has finally turned. Today, those responsible for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and other gross violations of…

Journal Article Analysis Liberal Intervention in the Foreign Policy Thinking of Tony Blair and David Cameron’, with Pauline Schnapper, Cambridge…

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