African Arguments
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Sudanese Politics of Exhaustion
At a meeting in al Fashir last week, a civil society spokesman said, “˜we are tired, we have had enough.’ Sudanese civil and political ... -
Mamdani Responds to His Critics III
In this final section of what has been a three-part response, I would like to address three issues. The first concerns that of the ... -
R2P in Theory and Politics (3)
The third and final part of my review of Gareth Evans’ The Responsibility to Protect. Risk of Perverse Incentives My qualms about R2P are ... -
R2P in Theory and Politics (2)
Part 2 of my review of Gareth Evans’ The Responsibility to Protect. The Risk of Unrealistic Expectations The subtitle of Evans’ book is: “Ending ... -
R2P in Theory and Politics (1)
Recently, Gareth Evans, President of ICG and the architect of the “responsibility to protect” (R2P), accosted me and argued that I had misrepresented the ... -
Is the Darfur Advocacy Community’s “Raison d’íªtre to be Sought in the War on Terror”? No.
My aim in this piece is to focus on Mamdani’s major thesis, examining several of his supporting arguments in turn. I will thus try ... -
O’Fahey Responds to Mamdani
I am sceptical as to how useful these kinds of exchanges are, but let me just comment on two issues, raise a few general ... -
Legitimacy Matters (2)
Alex de Waal provides a much more coherent summary of my book The Right to Rule than I could have. I am glad that ... -
Legitimacy Matters
Legitimacy lurks in much political science writing but””like an invisible life force””is rarely scrutinized. What is this elusive thing? Can it be reduced to ... -
Sudanese Elections, Bankruptcy, and Ethnic Feuds Dog SPLM on 26th Anniversary
On 16 May, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) celebrates the day it was founded when two Southern-based battalions of the Sudanese army mutinied ...