http://sites.tufts.edu/reinventingpeace/2016/01/30/a-provocation-on-burundi/ A provocation on Burundi by BRIDGET CONLEY on JANUARY 30, 2016 While I am not an expert on Burundi, I, like many others right now, am watching with dismay as violence in the country continues. My recent research has been on atrocity endings and Burundi today echoes with one finding from my work: the difference between halting (or in this case forestalling) mass atrocities and advancing democratization. These two valuable endeavors, history informs us, are not the same. While clearly strongly institutionalized democracies are the best system for protecting civilians from mass violence inflicted by their own government, the timeline, processes and priorities of mass violence and institutionalizing democracy are not the same, and in some cases, they can work at odds with each other. From the vantage point of comparative study of atrocity endin...
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