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Colonized countries rarely ask for redress over past wrongs − the reasons can be complex

  • Written by Manjari Chatterjee Miller, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations/Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University
imageIndian visitors look at a painting depicting the Amritsar Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh.Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images)

The king of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander, apologized in July 2023 for his ancestors’ role in the colonial slave trade.

He is not alone in expressing remorse for past wrongs. In 2021, France returned 26 works of art...

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