Politics
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Whither the Darfur Mediation? (III)
This is the third part of a paper based on a memorandum submitted to an informal consultation on the Darfur mediation. This section is ... -
Whither the Darfur Mediation? (II)
This is the second part of a paper based on a memorandum submitted by Alex de Waal and Abdul Mohammed to the informal consultation ... -
Whither the Darfur Mediation? (I)
This is the first in a series of three postings on the challenges facing the UN-AU Mediation. It is an edited version of a ... -
Darfur: Dimensions and Dilemmas of a Complex Crisis
The point of departure for the report, Darfur: Dimensions and Dilemmas of a Complex Situation, published by the Uppsala University Department of Peace and ...