Genocide, Empire and Humanitarian Law

Lets talk empire, not as a Russian or an American thing, or for that matter a Roman thing. Lets talk empire as a mythic space, because let me be transparent on this, all empires have that characteristic. They all exist in the area of myth and in the modern period of nation.

Empires are an expression of will and power. Whether it was Assyria in the ancient world, sending horse drawn carriages with…