Monthly Archives: April 2008
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When the Center Could Not Hold
Robert Bates’ When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late Century Africa is a seminal contribution to understanding state crises Africa. Bates’ thesis is that in ... -
Water under the Desert: Blessing or Curse?
Posted on behalf of Sarah Barga Alex de Waal makes a compelling argument for the possibility of the underground lake found in the northern part of ... -
Land in Sudan… Continued
Many thanks to Alex de Waal for posting my briefing on land issues in Sudan on his blog last month and for stimulating so many interesting ... -
Prospects for Peace and Democracy in Sudan: April 2008
Overview 1. The NCP-SPLM partnership for the CPA stands at a critical juncture. The NCP sees the 2009 elections as its route to internal and international ... -
Sudan’s Islamic Movement: Mosaic Democracy, a New Concept
Posted on behalf of Ambassador Hassan E. Talib. First of all, I would like to extend my gratitude to this blog for allowing this opportunity for ... -
Analysis of Chad
A report by Jérí´me Tubiana for the Small Arms Survey, “The Chad-Sudan Proxy War and the “Darfurization” of Chad: Myths and Reality,” provides excellent analysis of ... -
The Future of the Sudanese Islamist Movement
One of the great ironies of the Islamist adventure in coup-making (leading to the creation of the National Salvation regime in June 1989) was that the ... -
Urbanization and Exploitation
Asif Faiz claims that Khartoum resembles capital cities in “virtually every” developing country. In the sense that, for the first, time the majority of people in ... -
Urbanization: the Path to Development and Democracy?
Mark Duffield’s comments are thoughtful but I would ask him a simple question. Is Khartoum that different from imperial cities like Delhi, Mexico City, Lima., Buenos ... -
Peace in Darfur: Prioritizing or Police Enforcement?
In his comment yesterday, Michael Swigert of Africa Action usefully compares the memorandum that Abdul Mohammed and I submitted to the mediation meeting on March 18, ...