This collection of articles delineates potential post-referendum scenarios, and identifies the political options they open up for different actors in Sudan. Download
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When South Sudan became a separate state in 2011, its northern boundary with the Republic of Sudan became an international border, the longest and most contentious in the region. At the westernmost extremity of Sudan, Kafia Kingi is a key meeting point between the two countries. This mineral-rich area is currently under the administration of South Darfur state, in Sudan, but is due to be returned to Raga County, in South Sudan, under the terms…
This paper describes four possible scenarios for the future of Sudan,defined by two key uncertainties: 1) In 2012, will Sudan be united or will the North and South have gone separate ways? 2) In 2012, will there be a new war between the North and the South, or will there be no war? Download
This policy brief from 2009 discussess some of the possible consequences of South Sudan’s secession. Download
This paper seeks to understand the structure, mechanics, and agency of arms flows to and within Sudan from 2006 to 2009, thereby focusing attention on the scope of arms flows both to the Khartoum regime and to Southern Sudan. Download
This report from 2009 summarizes three workshops designed to explore opportunities to avoid political violence in Sudan through the end of 2011 thus after the referendum in then Southern Sudan. Sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace, these workshops took place during April and May 2009 with assistance from Policy Futures, LLC. Twenty Sudan experts participated. Download
This study on the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the border region of DR Congo, Sudan and Uganda provides a brief chronology of conflict events, and an overview of the different responses. It concludes with the description of near-future scenarios and the few recommendations that can be made in 2009. Download
Discusses the Hague’s-based ad hoc international tribunal (“the Tribunal”) decision to redefine the borders of the disputed (oil-rich) Abyei region between north and south Sudan Download
This report from 2009 presents the findings of a study into the current evolution of Misseriyya livelihoods commissioned by the UK Department for International Development upon request from UNMIS and UNRCSO Abyei.
This report takes stock of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) four years after it was signed, calling urgently for the implementation of outstanding issues in the 30 months that remain in this interim period. It asserts that the flaws of the CPA, despite its huge potential for change in in the region, are that it doesn’t include Darfur and that it represents a bilateral agreement between two powerful groups in the country. It calls for…
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