Politics
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Civil Society and Doha: Where Next?
It is disappointing how little attention there has been, including on this blog, to the civil society conference in Doha in mid-November, the first ... -
Tragedy of a People under Attack: Who is Responsible for the Failure?
Recently, two authors have published an interesting, thoughtful book titled The Scramble for Africa: Darfur””Intervention and the USA. The two authors of this book, ... -
Ethics and Power in Sudanic Africa
The second part of my review of Patrick Chabal, Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling, is posted at African Arguments. In this, I ... -
Ethics and Power in Sudanic Africa
This is the second in a two-part review of Patrick Chabal’s book, Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling. This posting applies the account ... -
Ethics and Power in Africa
I have published the first part of a two-part review of Patrick Chabal’s Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling, on the African Arguments ... -
Ethics and Power in Africa
This is the first in a two-part review of Patrick Chabal’s book, Africa: The Politics of Suffering and Smiling . Part one is a ... -
Darfur: Who is Killing? Who is Dying?
The AUPD Report includes an Appendix that compiles the existing data for violent fatalities in Darfur from 1 January 2008 until 31 July 2009. ... -
Evidence-Based Peacekeeping
In most areas of public policy, gathering and analyzing evidence for the nature of the problem and the efficacy of response is a sine ... -
CPA’s Unhappy End
In the last month Sudan’s Government has forfeited the title “˜of National Unity.’ Cooperation between the NCP and SPLM hardly exists even in name. ... -
Making Patronage Work
Alex de Waal’s Christian Michelsen lecture, ‘Fixing the Political Marketplace,’ given last month in Bergen, Norway, is now available online at this link. His ...