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| Authors: | Louis Rene Beres |
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| Affiliation: | LOUIS RENE BERES, Professor of political science and international law at Purdue University, lectures and publishes widely on matters relating to nuclear war, nuclear strategy and human rights. He contributes regular guest editorials to such newspapers as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, USA Today, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Louisville Courier Journal, and Dollos Morning News. |
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| Abstract: | Genocidal tendencies that exist today are due to the embrace of realpolitik and the glorification of the state. Unrestrained nationalism can only lead to mass killing with conviction and pure heart. Genocide is the commission of specific acts with intent to destroy, wholly o r in part, a national ethnic, racial o r religious group. There are many cases of genocide today which the U.S. ignores because it makes anti-Sovietism the centerpiece of I t s foreign policy. International law is not enough to prevent genocide. Natural law and the judgements at Nuremberg as well are not sufficient. The problem is one of individuals who must reduce their loyalty to the state as the dominant imperative of political life. Only then will realpolitik be controlled. |
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