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Why Dictators Don't Like Jokes | 04/09/13
Srdja Popovic,
Mladen Joksic
Pro-democracy activists around the world are discovering that humor is one of the most powerful weapons in the fight against authoritarianism.
Thought Leader: Srdja Popovic | 02/25/13
Srdja Popovic,
Devin T. Stewart,
Anna Kiefer
"There are two kinds of countries in this world, the good ones and the bad ones. The good ones I count as the countries where the governments are afraid of their people. The bad ones I count as the countries where people are afraid of their governments."
Global Ethics Corner: Justice For Some, But Not For All? | 12/17/12
Recent acquittals of Croat and Kosovo-Albanian officials in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia have left some doubting the UN court's impartiality. What implications could this have when it comes to fostering reconciliation in the Balkans?
Ethics Matter: Srdja Popovic on Creating Successful Nonviolent Movements | 12/11/12
Srdja Popovic,
Marlene Spoerri
Successful nonviolent movements need three things: the cool factor, memorable branding, and humor, says Popovic. He cofounded the Serbian youth movement Otpor!, which played a major role in toppling Milosevic, and his work training activists in Egypt and Tunisia is widely credited for inspiring Arab Spring protesters.
The Ethics of a Justice Imposed: Ratko Mladic's Arrest and the Costs of Conditionality | 06/02/11
Marlene Spoerri,
Mladen Joksic
For Serbians, material incentives, not a moral imperative, are the main motivation for compliance with the International Criminal Tribunal. Thus Serbia has
succeeded in aspects of criminal justice, but has failed to partake in transitional
justice--and Mladic's arrest does not change this.
From Resistance to Revolution and Back Again: What Egyptian Youth Can Learn From Otpor When Its Activists Leave Tahrir Square | 02/18/11
Mladen Joksic,
Marlene Spoerri
Joksic and Spoerri discuss Otpor, the Serbian youth movement that influenced Egypt's youths. In analyzing the sources of Otpor's ultimate collapse after Milosevic's fall, they provide lessons for current and future youth movements throughout the Middle East.
Global Ethics Corner: The EU and Serbia | 11/05/10
Would Serbian admission to the EU prevent another Balkan War? Is promoting Serbian democracy more important than securing justice for 1990s genocides? In pursuing war criminals, is the carrot of EU admission more effective than the stick of EU exclusion?
Global Ethics Corner: The EU and Serbia | 11/05/10
Would Serbian admission to the EU prevent another Balkan War? Is promoting Serbian democracy more important than securing justice for 1990s genocides? In pursuing war criminals, is the carrot of EU admission more effective than the stick of EU exclusion?
Global Ethics Corner: The EU and Serbia | 11/05/10
Would Serbian admission to the EU prevent another Balkan War? Is promoting Serbian democracy more important than securing justice for 1990s genocides? In pursuing war criminals, is the carrot of EU admission more effective than the stick of EU exclusion?
Deterrence, Democracy, and the Pursuit of International Justice [Abstract] | 06/14/10
Leslie Vinjamuri
Recent indictments of sitting heads of state and rebel leaders engaged in ongoing conflicts are radically altering our conception of international criminal justice. But contrary to the mantra that justice delayed is justice denied, the most promising way to promote justice may be to postpone it.
Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present | 12/04/09
Adam Roberts,
Joanne J. Myers
Should civil resistance be seen as potentially replacing violence completely, or as a phenomenon that operates in conjunction with, and as a modification of, power politics?
Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present | 11/25/09
Adam Roberts,
Joanne J. Myers
Should civil resistance be seen as potentially replacing violence completely, or as a phenomenon that operates in conjunction with, and as a modification of, power politics?
Civil Resistance and Power Politics: The Experience of Non-violent Action from Gandhi to the Present | 11/23/09
Adam Roberts
Should civil resistance be seen as potentially replacing violence completely, or as a phenomenon that operates in conjunction with, and as a modification of, power politics?
Genocide and Aftermath: Rationalizing the Process of Truth and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 07/13/05
Elazar Barkan,
Roy Gutman,
Donald. S. Hays,
Haris Hromic,
Charles Ingrao,
Mirza Kusljugic,
David Marwell,
H.R.H. Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein
Transcript of a panel and commemorative event of the 10th anniversary of the massacre at Srebrenica, held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, in collaboration with the Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and with the Council in an advisory role.
Ten Years after Srebrenica: Conversation with Haris Hromic | 06/27/05
Haris Hromic,
Elizabeth A. Cole
On June 27, 2005, almost exactly ten years after the Srebrenica massacres, CarnegieCouncil.org spoke to Haris Hromic about his pioneering work for the Academy of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Doctor as Witness | 05/06/01
Neshad Asllani
Ten years after he began documenting human rights violations and, ultimately, war crimes by the Serbian authorities, Albanian physician Neshad Asllani had become a full-time human rights advocate and founder of the Kosovo Center for Human Rights.
A Challenge for Serbian Civil Society: The Death and Rebirth of the Human Rights Movement | 01/06/01
Jelena Subotic
Serbian activists realized during the NATO bombing that they were victims of the policies of their own government; but they also felt like victims of the international community's use of military means to promote the human rights standards they had been advocating peacefully for years.
A Credibility Problem in Kosovo: The Undermining of Local Human Rights Culture | 01/06/01
Julie A. Mertus
The international community’s failure to respond earlier to human rights violations, its refusal to explain its actions in terms of human rights motivations, and its intervention out of step with human rights principles undermined the legitimacy of human rights in Kosovo.
Casual War: NATO's Intervention in Kosovo [Abstract] | 12/04/00
Carl Cavanagh Hodge
A disturbing question is whether NATO’s action implies that states endowed with the advanced military assets that were brought to bear against Serbia will adopt a casual policy on the conduct of limited war, a policy at odds with the lessons of the twentieth century.
The Yugoslav Elections: Predicted Scenarios and the U.S. Response | 10/16/00
Harold H. Koh,
Aleksa Djilas
Balkans forum participants discuss Kostunica's surprise victory and the next steps towards democratic consolidation in Serbia.
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