Author: Alex de Waal
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Recalling the Secret Wars of the 1990s
As President-elect Barack Obama puts together his administration, he will be seeking to avoid many of the errors of his predecessor. But he should also learn ... -
The Sudan People’s Initiative–A Flicker of Optimism
When a solution comes to the Darfur crisis–as with Sudan’s national crisis–it will be a domestic solution, created and led by Sudanese, with the internationals in ... -
American Democracy and African Liberation
The ideals of American democracy, and the spirit of African liberation, have been intimately linked for more than half a century. At pivotal historic moments the ... -
“How Genocides End” (4: Darfur)
My fourth posting on the theme of “How Genocides End” applies the lessons of the inquiry to the case of Darfur. It is, of course, far ... -
“How Genocides End” (3: Sudan)
Having originally intended this to be a three-part posting, I am inserting an extra short essay focusing on Sudan, before applying the framework to the case ... -
“How Genocides End” (2)
The project “˜How Genocides End’ included the 2004 “˜Back from the Brink’ seminar at the Holocaust Memorial Museum, the SSRC Webforum, and two seminars at Harvard, ... -
“How Genocides End” (1)
This is the first of three postings on the topic “˜How Genocides End,’ a topic which has interested me for ten years. This first posting explains ... -
Kenana: A Promise of Sweetness
The Kenana sugar project, inaugurated by President Jaafar Nimeiri in 1975, aimed to be the biggest integrated sugar plant in the world. With 40,000 hectares of ... -
What Matters?
In 2004, Marcus Bleasdale visited Chad and parts of Darfur and took a series of compelling black and white photographs. Some of them are reproduced in ... -
The Double Edge of Celebrity Interest in Darfur
The Nigerian minority rights activist and insurgent leader Ken Saro-Wiwa said, “It’s one thing being an issue, another achieving our aims.” Two years afterwards he was ...