Re-Homing Atrocity Prevention: Imagining a Future for U.S. Foreign Policy

Amidst the spread of illiberal democracies, rising authoritarianism, political violence and polarization, and the demolition of international norms and multilateralism, this lecture critically examines the arc of atrocity prevention, transitional justice and accountability in U.S. foreign policy across the past four U.S. administrations.
As the former Deputy Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice, working in a unique diplomatic office at the intersection of national security and transitional justice, David Mandel-Anthony reflects on and examines the contradictions, challenges, successes, and shortcomings of efforts to inculcate accountability and atrocity prevention values in U.S. foreign policy.
To imagine and conceptualize a future for atrocity prevention from a U.S perspective, this lecture explores the power of “re-homing” the project more honestly and deeply within the American experience, including by building on the fragmented truth, justice, and memory initiatives undertaken by communities across the country to address painful historical legacies of racial inequality, violence, and discrimination.
At a time when U.S. democracy is under strain, this lecture raises challenging questions about how the U.S. can meaningfully contribute to the atrocity prevention and transitional justice agenda in the future. Can future U.S. foreign policy have a viable commitment to atrocity prevention? How can U.S. foreign policy be connected in new ways with contested understandings of U.S. history; and current struggles around democracy, inclusivity, and pluralistic values?

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