Mirko Ebelshäuser

Genocide in Rwanda: Retrospective considerations

Why did the international community fail to prevent and stop the Rwandan Genocide? The Rwandan genocide materialised as one of the most severe cases of mass murder in the post World War II period and represented a violation of the

July 20, 2013

“Old” and “New” Wars: futile distinctions?

The debate about new wars has gained a lot of currency in recent years. Scholars out of the field of International Relations as well as Peace and Conflict Studies argued that contemporary wars are qualitatively different form the nature of

July 15, 2013