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Biafra, Humanitarian Intervention and History
Journal of Humanitarian Affairs, volume 2, issue 2 (2020), pp. 66-78
"This roundtable took place on 16 January 2020, at the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the war in Biafra. It brought together Marie-Luce Desgrandchamps, Lasse Heerten, Arua Oko Omaka and Kevin O’Sullivan. The roundtable was organised and chaired by Bertrand Taithe, University of
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Zur Legitimität militärischer Gewalt
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2017), 184 pp.
Human Rights and Humanitarian Intervention: Legitimizing the Use of Force Since the 1970s
Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag (2017), 248 pp.
"The Balkan Wars of the 1990s, the Rwandan genocide and the Darfur conflict served as catalysts for debates which significantly changed the character and institutional frameworks of international politics and international law after the end of the Cold War. Humanitarian emergencies and grave human r
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What’s Wrong with War Journalism? Why and how legal aspects of conflicts need better reporting
In: The Assault on Journalism. Building Knowledge to Protect Freedom of Expression
Ulla Carlsson, Reeta Pöyhtäri (eds.)
Göteborg: Nordicom (2017), pp. 241-254
"This chapter deals with whether war journalism in mainstream media is fit to take a fourth estate role in reporting the new wars, from the end of the Cold War in 1989 to the present war against the so-called Islamic State. In particular, it is a critical study of shortcomings when it comes to provi
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Media, Propaganda and the Politics of Intervention
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2017), xiv, 276 pp.
"Building on critical theory, most notably Herman and Chomsky's Propaganda Model, Florian Zollmann's pioneering study brings propaganda back to the forefront of the debate. On the basis of a forensic examination of 1,911 newspaper articles, Zollmann investigates US, UK and German media reporting of
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The Mediatization of Foreign Policy, Political Decision-Making, and Humanitarian Intervention
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2017), xiii, 206 pp.
"This book examines under what scope conditions foreign policy actors adopt media logic. The authors analyze media logic under three specific scope conditions: uncertainty, identity, resonance. First, they lay out the general adaptation of media logic in the general debate of the UN General Assembly
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Media, Mobilization, and Human Rights: Mediating Suffering
London; New York: Zed Books (2012), viii, 251 pp.
Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions
Houndmills, Basingstoke; New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2012), xvi, 281 pp.
"Shaw argues that journalism should focus on deconstructing the underlying structural and cultural causes of political violence such as poverty, famine and human trafficking, and play a proactive (preventative), rather than reactive (prescriptive) role in humanitarian intervention." (Publisher descr
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Topic Guide on Conflict
Birmingham: University of Birmingham Governance and Social Development Resource Centre (GSDRC) (2009), 156 pp.
"Violent conflict is the subject of this topic guide. The guide provides an overview of key topics ranging from the causes, dynamics and impacts of conflict to options for interventions to prevent, manage and respond to conflict [...] The guide highlights key issues and debates for each topic covere
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Humanitarian Crises and Intervention: Reassessing the Impact of Mass Media
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Sterling: Kumarian Press (2008), xiv, 335 pp.
"This book takes a unique and comprehensive look at how the international community, led by the US, responded to ten humanitarian crises of the last decade and how major media outlets played a role in influencing (or failing to influence) action. Crises examined include Liberia, East Timor, Somalia,
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