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Oct 11, 2009 Sudan: Policy Debates and Dilemmas
In the debate on international policies towards Sudan, analysts as
Alex de Waal and Mahmood Mamdani have convincingly critiqued Save
Darfur movement and the International Criminal Court for
counterproductive "humanitarian fundamentalism." After recent years
of alternating bluster and failure to put real pressure on the
Sudanese government from the U.S. under President Bush, the
Obama administration and the "international community" seem to be
gearing up to give diplomacy a serious chance. But the unanswered
question is whether even forceful and skillful diplomacy can
overcome Khartoum's long-practiced strategies for delay and
deception.
Oct 11, 2009 Sudan: Between Peace and War
The pace of diplomacy on Sudan is increasing, with talks set to
resume on Darfur and active engagement by the African Union, the
United Nations, and the United States in efforts to move Sudan's
Comprehensive Peace Agreement forward as it approaches the last
year of a projected 6-year interim period. But, says veteran Sudan
analyst John Ashworth, in fact the agreement "is not Comprehensive,
nor Peace, nor an Agreement. Its failure could ignite a new war
even more deadly than the two previous conflicts in Southern Sudan.
Oct 11, 2009 Sudan: African Union Panel Reports
"Repeatedly during our process of consultation, the Darfurians
insisted that the Panel would fail in its mission if it did not
identify and address what they called "the root cause of the crisis
in Darfur". ... a gross imbalance between a strong centre
and a marginalised periphery, which resulted in political power and
wealth being concentrated in the centre, with the consequent
negative consequences on the periphery." - African Union High-Level
Panel on Darfur
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