Genocide in Ukraine?

Episode #88

On this week’s episode, Bill and Phil reflect on Russian atrocities in Ukraine and whether they meet the definition of genocide, the wave of nationalism spreading around the world, and why Vladimir Putin, and not Joe Biden, is enjoying a rally-around-the-flag bump in approval ratings.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “The Horror of Bucha” by Franklin Foer in The Atlantic

• “Reports of Russian Atrocities in Ukraine Are Just the Beginning” by Amy Mackinnon in Foreign Policy

• “In Bucha, death, devastation and a graveyard of mines” by Becky Sullivan for NPR

• Text of the Genocide Convention

• “A Country of Their Own” by Francis Fukuyama in Foreign Affairs

• “A Jan. 6 pastor divides his Tennessee community with increasingly extremist views” by Annie Gowen for The Washington Post

• “Religion and Nationalism in a Modern World” by Philip W. Barker for the Berkley Forum

• “Why aren’t Americans rallying around Biden during a war?” by Peter K. Enns and Douglas Kriner in The Washington Post/Monkey Cage

---

Subscribe to The Politics Lab on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.