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 even ethnic cleansing. The systematic destruction of a people’s ability to exist in their homeland h
