The Soviet Union and the Genocide Convention: An Exercise in Cold War Politics
The Soviet Union and the Genocide Convention: An Exercise in Cold War Politics

Summary/Abstract: This article gives a Soviet perspective on the UN Genocide Convention, by placing the drafting process into the broader context of the Cold War. I argue that the Soviet position towards the definition of genocide hardened as the division of the post-war world into two warring camps became a reality in 1947. As far as the implementation of the Genocide Convention was concerned, somewhat ironically, the Soviet Union and the United States came to exercise similar views.

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