Politics
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Making Sense of Chad
The war for Chad is not over. It is likely to become more bloody and involve a wider humanitarian disaster before any solutions can ... -
Urbanization and the future of Sudan
Posted on behalf of Munzoul Assal Sudan is one of the fastest urbanizing countries in the world. Population figures show that the country was ... -
Survival and Governance in Sudan’s Frontiers: A Review of Two Recent Books
Two new scholarly books help us understand how people in Sudan’s peripheries survive—or don’t—and place the frontierland governance in a deep historical context. One ...