Last week the Genocide Prevention Task Force, of the US Peace Institute, published its report “Preventing Genocide: A Blueprint for U.S. Policymakers”, containing a number of recommendations on how future US administrations can actively seek to avoid incidents of genocide. Members of the Genocide Prevention Task Force count, among others, Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who was Secretary of State when US-led NATO forces bombed Serbian forces in Kosovo and William Cohen, who served as Secretary of Defence during the same period. The Report, which is relevant for policy-makers in other countries, argues that genocide and mass atrocities represent…