States do not recognize genocides because they have suddenly discovered a moral conscience. They do so when it aligns with their political, strategic, diplomatic, or domestic interests.

The Armenians deserved this recognition a century ago. They receive it now not because historical truth finally prevailed, but because it briefly became politically expedient: one…

States do not recognize genocides because they have suddenly discovered a moral conscience. They do so when it aligns with their political, strategic, diplomatic, or domestic…