Life after the atomic bomb: Testimonies of Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors
71 years ago today, the second atomic bomb fell on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Some 190,000 survivors of the nuclear attacks of World War II – the ‘hibakusha’ – still carry with them memories of...
View ArticleHumanitarianism at breaking point? New roles for local and international actors
Is humanitarianism really at breaking point? The gap between today’s overwhelming needs and the constraints on international humanitarian actors’ efforts to address them, means we are facing a very...
View Article“The contamination from nuclear test explosions is in every one of our bodies”
Selected passages from Professor Tilman Ruff’s speech, delivered at the Australian launch of The human cost of nuclear weapons, Melbourne, 10 October 2016. I am pleased to be invited to help launch the...
View ArticleThe evolution of warfare: New edition of the International Review
We are pleased to present the latest issue of the International Review of the Red Cross on The Evolution of Warfare. To mark 100 years since the First World War, the Review asked historians, legal...
View ArticleAre we living through the worst period in history?
Vincent Bernard is the editor in chief of the International Review of the Red Cross. This article is an adaptation of his editorial for The evolution of warfare, and is the first instalment of a blog...
View ArticleThe evolution of warfare: Focus on the Law
How has warfare changed over the past 100 years? Is the international community still sufficiently equipped to reasonably minimize its negative effects on those who require protection? In other words,...
View ArticleFrom ‘false news’ to ‘fake news’: 3 lessons from history
In the most recent issue of the International Review of the Red Cross, authors look back at the last century of war through a humanitarian perspective, providing revealing insights on the role of media...
View ArticleWar in cities: How to treat the disease without killing the patient?
Fighting in cities today causes immense suffering, massive displacement and enormous reconstruction costs. How can devastation on this scale be avoided in the future? Drawing on the recent issue of the...
View ArticleJust out! ‘Conflict in Syria’, a new issue of the Review
In 2011, protests in Syria descended into violence and chaos. Eight years later, this once prosperous country has been torn apart by conflict as, in the words of Vincent Bernard in his editorial,...
View ArticleThe International Review of the Red Cross at 150: What’s changed and what...
In 1869, the world was changing at a remarkable pace. Russian chemist Dimitri Mendeleev developed the periodic table of elements, Friedrich Miescher discovered DNA, the Suez Canal opened for...
View ArticleMemory and war: does time really heal?
Commemorating the centenary of the first Remembrance Day, dedicated to remembering members of the armed forces who have died in the line of duty, the International Review of the Red Cross has just...
View ArticleReflecting on our inner child through the lens of children affected by war
In wartime, children are especially vulnerable. They are all too often drawn into hostilities and exposed to a myriad of risks, depriving them of the opportunity to fully experience childhood. Child...
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