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Why Is Rwanda’s Leader Sowing Chaos in Congo?

The Foreign Affairs Interview

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The Threat of a Genocide Denier

You write that you've written previous books that annoyed ruling regimes, but have never felt quite so personally at risk as you felt writing this one. Can you say a little bit more about why you felt threatened while reporting the book and whether you still feel that way? I do feel threatened. There is a very consistent and very well organized campaign of harassment and intimidation. This isn't happening in Rwanda, or even a neighboring country. This is happening in Belgium. It's happening in France. You know, people are trying to do this in the UK here where I live in the US. And I think that's really illustrated the theme of my book which is, this is a government which has

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