If Myanmar is found responsible for genocide, what next?

In 2016, I published “The Rohingyas: Inside Myanmar’s Hidden Genocide,” the first book devoted to making the case that the persecution of the Rohingya should be understood as genocide. At the time, even using that word was difficult.I spent years trying to persuade policymakers, diplomats and commentators that what was happening in Rakhine State was not simply discrimination, communal conflict or