Search Results: Milosevic
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INTERNATIONAL
- Gillian Bouras
- 31 March 2022
People who understand more about international affairs than I do tell me that the Ukrainian/Russian matter is complex, but to me the matter seems simple enough, involving the obsessions of a powerful man, and the suffering of an innocent population. As usual, it is the women and the children who are bearing the brunt of the conflict, while President Putin remains supremely indifferent to their fate. And, as so often, I wonder what makes him tick.
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INTERNATIONAL
- Binoy Kampmark
- 30 August 2016
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In the savage wars of the Balkans during the 1990s, the identification of good sides over bad meant evil had to be singularised, culprits found to galvanise resistance. One such figure was Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic. His death in a Hague cell in March 2006 had the effect of suspending arguments about responsibility from any legal scrutiny. Earlier this month, British journalist Neil Clark suggested he had in fact been exonerated for his role in war crimes and crimes against humanity. He's wrong.
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AUSTRALIA
- Justin Whelan
- 23 August 2012
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Syria was touted as an example of the limits of nonviolent struggle against a ruthless dictator. Now it is fast becoming a case study on the even greater strategic weaknesses of violence. As the nonviolent movement came under sustained repression, some people decided to take up arms, and opened a Pandora's Box.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kimberley Layton
- 11 March 2009
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Omar al-Bashir stands accused of two counts of war crimes and five of crimes against humanity. But prosecuting him will not deliver justice to the people of Darfur. What seems like the beginning of the end of the tragedy may be the end of the beginning.
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 24 July 2008
One of the vices of nationalism is the symptom of long memory.
Punishing accused war criminal Radovan Karadzic will do little to convince those who are set
in their positions — Bosnia's Muslims will feel vindicated, but Bosnian
Serbs are simply weary.
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INTERNATIONAL
Tony Kevin’s diplomatic career has directly lead him to investigate SIEV X.
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AUSTRALIA
- Peter Hamilton
- 05 June 2006
Peter Hamilton reflects on Guatemala, and the features of the old city, Antigua.
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