Imagine the world’s imperial powers, fresh from a cataclysmic war fought partly over competing colonial ambitions, standing before the new League of Nations. They solemnly declare they are not annexing the territories stripped from Germany and the Ottoman Empire. Instead, they are taking on a sacred “trust,” a “mandate,” to guide these “peoples not yet … Continue reading Mandates or Empire Repackaged? Susan Pedersen and the Complex Legacy of the Mandates System