ABSTRACT
Robust and consistent genocide prevention by the West is unlikely to occur. Neither is a lack of public mobilization, at least in some cases. NGOs, activists, campus clubs, and the like have dedicated themselves to genocide/atrocity awareness and prevention. But these efforts have either proved unable to substantively affect the situation on the ground or have been short-lived. The Albright-Cohen Report suggests that the United States must engage in robust genocide prevention in order to safeguard America's global reputation. There are significant domestic political headwinds as well. No matter how much we would like pressure from the electorate to influence politicians, there are very few instances in which public pressure during an election year has led to substantive changes in foreign and domestic policy, including genocide prevention. Diaspora populations that may be particularly interested in genocide prevention/intervention in a specific part of the world are likely to be too dispersed across geographically defined electoral districts in North America.
