Politics
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What Should Obama Do About Darfur?
Today, The New Republic opens an online debate including Richard Just (the editor), Alan Wolfe, Eric Reeves, Elizabeth Rubin, and myself, on the question ... -
The ICC, Sudan, and the Crisis of Human Rights
The ICC arrest warrant against President Omar al Bashir heralds a new era for global governance and human rights. But it is not at ... -
Sudanese Uncharted Waters
The die is cast. Sudan has entered uncharted waters as a result of the ICC arrest warrant against President Omar al Bashir. And indeed ... -
The Lion that Squeaked
As Khartoum holds its collective breath for the warrant for the President’s arrest we all know is coming on Wednesday (the ICC said as ... -
How Obama Could Uplift Africa
In 1958, eminent Africanist scholars including David Apter, Elliot Berg, Rupert Emerson, Ruth Schachter and Emmanuel Wallerstein, among others, wrote “A New American Policy ... -
Deaths in Darfur – Data
There has been much controversy over the numbers of people killed in Darfur. It is increasingly possible to move beyond extrapolation to an actual ... -
New America, Young Africa and Old Europe
In November 2006, Jendayi Frazer, then Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, prided herself of “no longer traveling to Africa via Europe”, adding: ... -
Arguing Genocide in Darfur
Hagan’s and Rymond-Richmond’s Darfur and the Crime of Genocide contains shattering statements from direct witnesses and victims of the Darfur conflict. In addition, it ... -
Sudan: A Ceasefire in Prospect?
After the Sudan Government and JEM signed a ‘Declaration of Intent’ in Doha earlier this week, hopes have been raised that a ceasefire might ... -
Criminology of Genocide: Breaking Paths
Darfur and the Crime of Genocide by John Hagan and Wenona Rymond-Richmond is a path-breaking book. The paths it breaks lead us into new ...