Yearly Archives: 2008
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Kosovo and Darfur
Posted on behalf of Cara Parks of the New Republic Yesterday on the New Republic website we ran an editorial on Darfur that I think your ... -
The Activism Debate, continued…
Posted on behalf of Rick Sterling. Rick Sterling is an Aerospace Engineer at UC Berkeley. He was active in support of the southern African liberation movements ... -
China and Sudan: Defining the Turning Point
In her posting yesterday, Mia Farrow identifies the success of the "genocide Olympics" campaign—which she was instrumental in starting—as a "defining moment." She is right. For ... -
China and Sudan: A Defining Moment
Editor's note: Mia Farrow and Ronan Farrow, who were instrumental in starting up the "genocide Olympics" campaign, have offered these words. Without question this is ... -
The Great Hope or the Great Demon?
Editors note: We are pleased to have this contribution from Daniel Large, a UK-based scholar on China—Sudan relations who has published widely on the topic. He ... -
Can Hollywood Save Darfur?
Editor's note: Chris Alden, senior lecturer in international relations at the London School of Economics, contributed this post on Steven Spielberg's withdrawal from his involvement ... -
Spielberg, Beijing, Darfur, and the Olympic Games
This past Wednesday, the Hollywood director Steven Spielberg resigned from his post as artistic director of the Beijing Olympics. His stated aim in doing so was ... -
Urbanization and the Future of Sudan–New Perspectives
Posted on behalf of Mark Duffield Munzoul Assal has provided an useful and provocative analysis of urbanisation in Sudan and its social and political implications. In response, ... -
Alex in the news on Chad
Alex's posting on Chad was cited in a New York Times article: "Fighting in Chad's Capital Ebbs, But Problems Loom," by Lydia Polgreen (7 ... -
Africa’s Thirty Years’ War–In Need of a New Edition?
The current conflict in Chad and Darfur is a reprise of the "thirty years' war" that embroiled Chad, Libya and Darfur from the mid-1960s until the ...