Warfare accountability : impact of transnational politics

• Main Authors: Vennesson, Pascal., Rajkovic, Nikolas.
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/97186; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/11812
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

War is conducted in an environment in which activists regularly launch public advocacy campaigns of naming and shaming in order to pressure the belligerents. Yet, the targeted actors can challenge the facts and interpretations and turn the table on them. This may, however, prove politically costly to the belligerents in the longer term.