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Jared O. Bell

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Justice for Adversaries, Immunity for Allies: America’s War on International Justice

In 2017, I traveled to the Catholic University of Lublin in Poland as a visiting Erasmus professor from the International University of Sarajevo....

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Jared O. Bell

Undermining Elections and Democracy is a Page out of the Dictator’s Handbook. Literally.

When word came down that USAID was being dismantled in Nicaragua, I was sorting through old documents amid the chaos of the mission close-out. On the...

21.07.2026 2

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Jared O. Bell

Unchecked Billionaire Oligarchs

Not long after the second Trump administration took office, a new power center emerged in Washington under the banner of “government efficiency.”...

29.06.2026 10

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Jared O. Bell

Rethinking Transitional Justice in Bosnia

Following the 1992-95 Bosnian War, which killed 100,000 people and produced the Srebrenica genocide—Europe’s worst atrocity since World War...

11.05.2026 30

Foreign Policy

Jared O. Bell

It’s Time for America to Indict Itself

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. On December 14,1995 leaders from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and the...

17.12.2025 30

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Jared O. Bell

Weaponizing Democracy and Human Rights in the Age of Doublespeak

If I’m completely honest, I can’t recall all the twists and turns of 1984. I probably read it in high school or maybe as an undergrad, somewhere...

18.08.2025 30

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Jared O. Bell

Muslim Women Don’t Need Saving

What sparked me to write this article was the persistent and reductive narrative that resurfaced following the recent U.S.–Israel bombing of Iran....

30.07.2025 40

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Jared O. Bell