Gerald Caplan

First, the number of Igbos he claims died is vastly inflated, by most estimates.

Two seemingly unrelated Rwandan stories made both history and the headlines this week.

REMAKING RWANDA?

A clear double standard exists when discussing terrorism committed by Muslims and terrorism committed by white, European, American, Christian terrorists.

If Phil Clark’s new book can’t be said to be the definitive work on Rwanda’s gacaca, the country’s remarkable experiment in transitional justice, it is only because it is far too soon for such an achievement.

American and NATO troops, including Canadians, will pull out of Afghanistan in 2014 at the latest, unless they don't. It depends on something, but no one knows what that something might be.

Re: Edward Herman and David Peterson's response to my review of their book for Pambazuka News

This is a review of Edward S. Herman and David Peterson’s ‘’The Politics of Genocide’, Monthly Review Press, New York, 2010.

The role of the Canadian military has undergone a sharp shift from tradition without corresponding debate and justification for the change – a troubling reality as Canada now faces potential military participation in the UN-led mission in Congo, writes Gerald Caplan.

April is the cruellest month for genocide survivors. When Canada’s Governor-General Michaëlle Jean was in Rwanda acknowledging the country’s feeble efforts during the 1994 genocide, she found herself in the middle of the country's annual period of commemorative mourning.