The war in Ukraine rages on, and peace talks have ceased after accusations of genocide have been brought by Presidents Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky. The Bucha killings were egregious, but they were not a genocide. Genocide is commonly understood to be the deliberate, systematic extermination of a homogenous group of people, like the Jews or Armenians. Accusing someone of committing genocide is a serious accusation and we should not throw such a term around haphazardly. It is politically risky to call genocide into question once the term has been invoked. French President Emmanuel Macron received criticism for questioning President...